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《Road to Success》 S1·E24 (32:23) HSK 5
jìng zhēng duì shǒu de dōng xī hǎo chī shì ba

竞争对手的东西好吃 是吧

“Our competitor's stuff is delicious, huh?”

《Road to Success》 S1·E24
TIMECODE: 32:23 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nǐ shén me yì si a

你什么意思啊

“What do you mean?”

jìng zhēng duì shǒu de dōng xī hǎo chī shì ba CURRENT FOCUS

竞争对手 的 东西 好吃 是吧

“Our competitor's stuff is delicious, huh?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN dàn què què shí hái hái bú cuò

“But i-it's really p-pretty good as a matter of fact.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: TEASING CRITIQUE
Tone: SARCASTIC
Emotion: AMUSEMENT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“How dare you praise our enemy's food right in front of me?”
💡 Cultural Insight: Tribal Loyalty in Business

In Chinese business culture, team solidarity often extends to exclusively patronizing one's own brand, making the enjoyment of a competitor's product a common source of banter.

INTENT TAGS: #mocking #teasing #calling_out #sarcasm
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
竞争对手 SPOKEN CHUNK

business competitor or rival

Standard term used in professional and commercial contexts to refer to competing entities.

是吧 SPOKEN CHUNK

isn't it? / right?

Appended to statements to seek confirmation or rhetorically pin the listener down.

Modal Particle「吧」 (ba) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens the interrogative while nudging the listener to concede the obvious point.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

4 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
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