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《My Destiny》 S1·E17 (23:45) HSK 4
nà dào yě bú shì

那倒也不是

“That's not what I mean.”

《My Destiny》 S1·E17
TIMECODE: 23:45 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nà nǐ de yì si shì rén pǐn bù xíng shēng yì jiù bù zuò le

那你的意思是 人品不行生意就不做了

“So you're saying bad character means no business?”

nà dào yě bú shì CURRENT FOCUS

那倒也不是

“That's not what I mean.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN bì jìng zhī qián zán men què shí shì kào mài tā de huò zhēng de qián

“After all, we did make our money selling his goods.”

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Scene: Business & Trade
Function: PARTIAL DISAGREEMENT
Tone: CONCILIATORY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Don't oversimplify my point—business is more complicated than pure morality.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Pragmatism in Business (Shihui)

Chinese business culture often balances moral evaluation of partners with pragmatic financial realities, avoiding absolute either-or stances.

INTENT TAGS: #hedging #clarification #softening_denial #negotiation
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
倒也不是 SPOKEN CHUNK

not necessarily; not entirely so

A very common conversational buffer used to gently contradict an extreme assumption made by the listener.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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