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《The Lead》 S1·E32 (26:25) HSK 5
jiā lǐ wá tài xiǎo le jīng lì bù gòu

家里娃太小了 精力不够

“Her kid is young, so she's exhausted.”

《The Lead》 S1·E32
TIMECODE: 26:25 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN gōng lì lì de qíng kuàng dà jiā yě dōu zhī dào le

“You all know Gong Lili's situation.”

jiā lǐ wá tài xiǎo le jīng lì bù gòu CURRENT FOCUS

家里娃 太小了 精力不够

“Her kid is young, so she's exhausted.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN suǒ yǐ tuán lǐ jué dìng ne

所以团里决定呢

“So the troupe has decided”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: EXPLAINING CAUSE
Tone: OBJECTIVE
Emotion: SYMPATHY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“She cannot handle the job responsibilities due to child care, so we must replace or relieve her.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Danwei Consideration and Family Burden

In Chinese institutional work units (Danwei/Troupe), personal family burdens like infant care are openly cited and accommodated when making collective assignments.

INTENT TAGS: #justification #explanation #workplace_decision #diplomacy
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
精力不够 SPOKEN CHUNK

lacking energy / insufficient stamina or focus

A common professional and personal explanation for being unable to take on additional tasks.

娃太小 SPOKEN CHUNK

the baby/child is too young

Colloquial term ('娃') widely used across northern and central China to refer to young children.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Expresses an established state or excessiveness when paired with '太' (too).

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
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