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《The Knockout》 S1·E20 (10:56) HSK 6
hěn duō liú yán fēi yǔ shuō wǒ shuō dé hěn nán tīng ma

很多流言蜚语 说我说得很难听嘛

“I've been attacked by many rumors.”

《The Knockout》 S1·E20
TIMECODE: 10:56 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN bù zhī dào cóng hé shuō qǐ le zuì jìn

“I don't know where to start. Recently,”

hěn duō liú yán fēi yǔ shuō wǒ shuō dé hěn nán tīng ma CURRENT FOCUS

很多 流言蜚语 说 我说 得很 难听 嘛

“I've been attacked by many rumors.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ yào shì lái gōng sī

我要是来公司

“If I come to the company,”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: ADDRESSING RUMORS
Tone: RESIGNED
Emotion: FRUSTRATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You know people are bad-mouthing me, and I'm not going to pretend I haven't heard it.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Navigating Workplace Gossip (Shi Fei)

In Chinese collective workplaces, managing 'right and wrong' (shifei) and malicious rumors is a major social trial; acknowledging rumors directly is a bold tactic to neutralize them.

INTENT TAGS: #rumor_control #directness #acknowledgment #self_awareness
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
流言蜚语 SPOKEN CHUNK

gossip and slanderous rumors

A common four-character idiom (chengyu) used in formal or spoken contexts to describe unfounded negative hearsay.

说得很难听 SPOKEN CHUNK

to speak very harshly or nastily about someone

An idiomatic spoken pattern used to describe offensive, hurtful, or disparaging remarks.

Modal Particle「嘛」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens the blunt statement while seeking tacit agreement on an obvious reality.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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