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《The Epoch of Miyu》 S1·E18 (08:26) HSK 4
yě shì xià le dà gōng fū de

也是下了大功夫的

“into this order.”

《The Epoch of Miyu》 S1·E18
TIMECODE: 08:26 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wǒ zài zhè ge dān zi shàng

我在这个单子上

“I also put a lot of effort”

yě shì xià le dà gōng fū de CURRENT FOCUS

也是 下了大功夫 的

“into this order.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ zhēn de méi yǒu yào qiǎng xǔ lǐng bān de gōng láo

我真的没有要抢许领班的功劳

“I didn't mean to steal Ms. Xu's credit.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: JUSTIFYING EFFORTS
Tone: DEFENSIVE
Emotion: DEFENSIVENESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I worked too hard on this to let someone else take all the credit.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Workplace Hierarchy and Credit Attribution

In Chinese corporate culture, balancing personal credit against deference to senior staff is delicate, requiring employees to justify contributions without appearing openly insubordinate.

INTENT TAGS: #self_defense #justification #claiming_credit #workplace_politics
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
下大功夫 SPOKEN CHUNK

to put in immense effort or hard work

A useful spoken collocation to describe dedicating considerable time and energy to a challenging task.

Modal Particle「的」 (de) CHANGE OF STATE

Emphasizes the objective reality and certainty of the effort expended.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 2 GRAMMAR
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