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《The Glamorous Night》 S1·E1 (01:41) HSK 7
lǎo dà chū dà shì le zuó tiān wǎn shàng xǔ zǒng de shì

老大 出大事了 昨天晚上许总的事

“Ms. Zhao, it's bad. Mr. Xu's case last night was deemed sexual harassment by the company.”

《The Glamorous Night》 S1·E1
TIMECODE: 01:41 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
lǎo dà chū dà shì le zuó tiān wǎn shàng xǔ zǒng de shì CURRENT FOCUS

老大 出大事了 昨天晚上许总的事

“Ms. Zhao, it's bad. Mr. Xu's case last night was deemed sexual harassment by the company.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN bèi gōng sī dìng xìng chéng le xìng sāo rǎo hái biǎo tài líng róng rěn

“Mr. Xu's case last night was deemed sexual harassment by the company. They declared zero tolerance.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: BREAKING BAD NEWS
Tone: URGENT
Emotion: ALARM
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Calling Boss 'Lao Da'

Addressing one's team leader or supervisor as 'Laoda' conveys both deference and personal closeness within informal, tight-knit workplace teams.

INTENT TAGS: #alerting #crisis_reporting #urgency #informing
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
出大事了 SPOKEN CHUNK

a big problem has occurred; huge trouble has arisen

Commonly used in spoken Chinese to break alarming news or signal a major emergency.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Marks a change of state, highlighting that a sudden crisis has emerged.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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