《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E19 (37:34)
HSK 7
wǒ men dōu zhǐ wàng nǐ néng shēng shàng qù
我们都指望你能升上去
“We are counting on you to get promoted”
《Born to Be Alive》
S1·E19
TIMECODE: 37:34
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
zhè jiù shì zǔ zhī shàng duì nǐ de rèn kě ya
“That shows the organization values you.”
wǒ men dōu zhǐ wàng nǐ néng shēng shàng qù
CURRENT FOCUS
我们都 指望 你能升上去
“We are counting on you to get promoted”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
huí tóu zài lā wǒ men xiàn lǐ yī bǎ ne
“so you can come back and help our county.”
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Scene:
Workplace
Function:
IMPOSING EXPECTATION
Tone:
EARNEST AND EXPECTANT
Emotion:
EXPECTATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Do not forget where you came from; we expect you to pull strings for our county once you rise up.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Native Place Reciprocity (Tongxiang Guanxi)
In Chinese administrative and local politics, a promoted official is traditionally expected to use their elevated influence to advocate for and channel resources back to their hometown or home department.
INTENT TAGS:
#expectation
#patronage
#career_advancement
#collective_interest
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
指望
SPOKEN CHUNK
to count on / to pin one's hopes on
Expresses strong reliance on someone to achieve an outcome beneficial to the speaker.
升上去
SPOKEN CHUNK
to rise up / to get promoted into higher ranks
Commonly used in administrative and corporate hierarchies to describe vertical mobility.
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1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
COLLOQUIAL EXPRESSIONS:
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES
EXPLORE BY SEMANTIC SIMILARITY
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E19 (37:34) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus