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《My Destiny》 S1·E17 (36:18) HSK 5
nà yě yào kàn shì shén me shì yè a

那也要看是什么事业啊

“Depends what you're working on.”

《My Destiny》 S1·E17
TIMECODE: 36:18 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wǒ de shì yè gēn nǐ yǒu guān xì ma

我的事业跟你有关系吗

“My work's not your concern.”

nà yě yào kàn shì shén me shì yè a CURRENT FOCUS

那也要 看是什么 事业啊

“Depends what you're working on.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN suī rán nǐ yì zhí méi lái shàng xué

“Even though you didn't enroll,”

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Scene: School & Education
Function: COUNTERING
Tone: SKEPTICAL
Emotion: SKEPTICISM
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Don't call just anything a career—it's hardly worth skipping school for.”
💡 Cultural Insight: The Primacy of Formal Education

Traditional values strongly favor completing a university degree over premature entrepreneurial ventures, prompting skepticism toward early dropout careers.

INTENT TAGS: #challenging #skepticism #counter_argument #disapproval
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
那也要看 SPOKEN CHUNK

that depends on... / that still hinges on...

A common spoken conditional chunk used to challenge an absolute statement by introducing an essential qualification.

Modal Particle「啊」 (a) CHANGE OF STATE

Adds rhetorical weight and persuasive emphasis to the objection.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
COLLOQUIAL EXPRESSIONS:
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