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《Road to Success》 S1·E24 (27:31) HSK 1
nǐ yě zhī dào de wǒ wén bǐ bú shì hěn hǎo suǒ yǐ shuō

你也知道的 我文笔不是很好 所以说

“As you know, I'm not very good with words. So”

《Road to Success》 S1·E24
TIMECODE: 27:31 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN guān yú nǐ bù zhì de zuò yè wǒ qí shí xiǎng le hěn jiǔ

“As for the assignment you gave us, I actually thought about it for a long time.”

nǐ yě zhī dào de wǒ wén bǐ bú shì hěn hǎo suǒ yǐ shuō CURRENT FOCUS

你也知道 的 我文笔 不是 很好 所以说

“As you know, I'm not very good with words. So”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ jué dìng yǐ shì pín de xíng shì gào sù nǐ

“I decided to express my thoughts through a video instead.”

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Scene: Social & Dating
Function: PREFACING JUSTIFICATION
Tone: APOLOGETIC
Emotion: SINCERITY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Modesty (Qianxu)

Downplaying personal talents like writing skill before presenting work is a deeply ingrained conversational norm in Chinese communication to maintain modesty.

INTENT TAGS: #justification #self_deprecation #preface #explanation
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

3 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
你也知道的 SPOKEN CHUNK

as you already know

Used to appeal to shared knowledge or understanding before offering an explanation or excuse.

文笔不是很好 SPOKEN CHUNK

writing skills are not very good

A polite, modest way to downplay one's literary or essay-writing ability.

所以说 SPOKEN CHUNK

so; therefore

Common spoken discourse marker used to introduce a conclusion, resolution, or next step.

Modal Particle「的」 (de) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens the assertion and underscores shared presupposition in conversational contexts.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

4 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
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