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《The Knockout》 S1·E13 (40:22) HSK 6
cān guān jiù suàn le nǐ yě kàn zhe le zhè dà huǒ dōu tǐng máng de

参观就算了 你也看着了 这大伙都挺忙的

“But this is not a place that you can visit. As you can see, everyone is busy.”

《The Knockout》 S1·E13
TIMECODE: 40:22 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN dāng rán wǒ yě bù xī wàng nǐ men yǒu shén me àn zi

当然我也不希望 你们有什么案子

“Of course, I don't want you to have any trouble.”

cān guān jiù suàn le nǐ yě kàn zhe le zhè dà huǒ dōu tǐng máng de CURRENT FOCUS

参观就算了 你也 看着 了 这大伙都 挺忙 的

“But this is not a place that you can visit. As you can see, everyone is busy.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN shéi dōu lái kàn kàn nà wǒ men bié gōng zuò le

“If everyone could come to visit here, we couldn't get any work done.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: POLITE REFUSAL
Tone: DISMISSIVE
Emotion: ANNOYANCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You are intruding and wasting our time, so please leave.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Polite Ejection

In Chinese work environments, invoking collective busyness is a standard face-saving tactic to usher out unwanted guests without escalating to an outright confrontation.

INTENT TAGS: #refusal #dismissal #boundary_setting #brushing_off
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
就算了 SPOKEN CHUNK

forget about it / let's drop it

Commonly attached to an idea or proposal to politely dismiss or cancel it.

挺忙的 SPOKEN CHUNK

quite busy

A frequent conversational justification used when turning down requests or excusing oneself.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Indicates a decisive change of state or decision to cancel the action.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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