《Road to Success》 S1·E24 (13:42)
HSK 2
dàn zài zhè jiàn shì qíng shàng
但在这件事情上
“But in this matter,”
《Road to Success》
S1·E24
TIMECODE: 13:42
·
1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
tóng shí yě xī wàng zhè zhī zú qiú duì néng jǐn kě néng dì bǎo chí wán zhěng
同时也希望这支足球队 能尽可能地保持完整
“and keep the football team as intact as possible.”
dàn zài zhè jiàn shì qíng shàng
CURRENT FOCUS
但在这件事情上
“But in this matter,”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
wǒ men què shí ài mò néng zhù a
我们确实爱莫能助啊
“there's really nothing we can do.”
Subtitles synced to millisecond timecode
Browse Show Clips →
Scene:
Workplace
Function:
PREFACING REFUSAL
Tone:
DIPLOMATIC
Emotion:
HELPLESSNESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I understand your wish, but I cannot help you with this specific issue.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Cushioned Refusals
In Chinese communication, bad news or refusals are rarely delivered bluntly; speakers often isolate the problem to preserve rapport.
INTENT TAGS:
#transition
#hedging
#refusal_prep
#diplomacy
🧩
1 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
在这件事情上
SPOKEN CHUNK
regarding this matter / on this issue
Commonly used in spoken and written Chinese to delimit the specific scope of discussion before making an assessment or refusal.
🏮
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)
《Road to Success》 S1·E24 (13:42) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus