《Archives: The Nanyang Mystery》 S1·E11 (05:56)
HSK 3
bù gēn yáng rén zuò shēng yì hěn jiǔ le
不跟洋人做生意很久了
“and I washed my hands of foreign trade long ago.”
《Archives: The Nanyang Mystery》
S1·E11
TIMECODE: 05:56
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
wǒ lǎo le
我老了
“I'm old now,”
bù gēn yáng rén zuò shēng yì hěn jiǔ le
CURRENT FOCUS
不跟洋人做生意 很久了
“and I washed my hands of foreign trade long ago.”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
jiù zuò zuò xiǎo shēng yì děng dài quǎn nǚ jì chéng jiā yè
就做做小生意 等待犬女继承家业
“Now I just run a few small trades and wait for my daughter to take over the family business.”
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Scene:
Business & Trade
Function:
POLITE REFUSAL
Tone:
DIPLOMATIC
Emotion:
DETACHMENT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I am not interested in dealing with foreign affairs or your proposal anymore.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Self-Effacing Decline
Chinese speakers often invoke advanced age or past disengagement to reject requests without causing direct offense or loss of face.
INTENT TAGS:
#refusal
#hedging
#distancing
#boundary_setting
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2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
做生意
SPOKEN CHUNK
to do business
The standard colloquial term for conducting business or commercial trading.
很久了
SPOKEN CHUNK
for a long time
Placed at the end of a predicate to indicate that a state or habit has persisted for an extended duration.
Modal Particle「了」 (le)
CHANGE OF STATE
Emphasizes the duration and current persistence of not engaging in trade.
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1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
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