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《The Heir》 S1·E26 (09:35) HSK 4
nà zhè huó nǐ shì gàn dé le hái shì gàn bù liǎo

那这活你是干得了 还是干不了

“So, can you do this job or not?”

《The Heir》 S1·E26
TIMECODE: 09:35 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nǐ kě tīng míng bái le

你可听明白了

“what I said?”

nà zhè huó nǐ shì gàn dé le hái shì gàn bù liǎo CURRENT FOCUS

那这活你是 干得了 还是 干不了

“So, can you do this job or not?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN gàn dé le a dāng rán gàn dé le

“I can. Of course I can.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: DEMANDING COMMITMENT
Tone: CONFRONTATIONAL
Emotion: IMPATIENCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Stop beating around the bush; give me a straight answer right now.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Cutting Through Polite Ambiguity

While Chinese business interactions favor indirectness, acute operational pressures often prompt superiors to demand blunt binary accountability.

INTENT TAGS: #ultimatum #demanding_answer #impatience #accountability
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
干得了 SPOKEN CHUNK

capable of handling the job; able to do it

A common colloquial potential complement indicating ability to accomplish physical or professional work.

干不了 SPOKEN CHUNK

unable to handle the job; cannot do it

Colloquial negative potential complement expressing inability or unwillingness to take on a task.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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