《Lady Liberty》 S1·E23 (12:04)
HSK 7
yuè kùn nán de shí hòu rén shǒu yuè shǎo
越困难的时候人手越少
“The harder it gets, the fewer people you have.”
《Lady Liberty》
S1·E23
TIMECODE: 12:04
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
wǒ yě yù dào guò kùn nán
我也遇到过困难
“I've been through tough times, too.”
yuè kùn nán de shí hòu rén shǒu yuè shǎo
CURRENT FOCUS
越困难的时候 人手越少
“The harder it gets, the fewer people you have.”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
rén shǒu yuè shǎo yí gè rén dǐng sān gè rén yòng
“The fewer people you have, the more each person has to do.”
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Scene:
Workplace
Function:
SHARING EXPERIENCE
Tone:
REALISTIC
Emotion:
RESIGNATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Don't expect backup; we have to endure and pull through with fewer people.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Chi Ku (Enduring Hardship)
In Chinese workplace culture, facing severe understaffing during crises is often seen as a normal test of resilience and dedication.
INTENT TAGS:
#encouragement
#realism
#workplace_resilience
#sharing_experience
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2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
越困难的时候
SPOKEN CHUNK
when times get tougher
Useful for highlighting challenging circumstances using the correlative structure 'yue... yue...' (the more... the more...).
人手
SPOKEN CHUNK
manpower / hands on deck
Standard spoken and workplace term for referring to available personnel or staff.
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2 EXPR · 2 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)
《Lady Liberty》 S1·E23 (12:04) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus