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《Live up to Your Youth》 S1·E31 (04:26) HSK 7
zhè liǎng tiān de gōng zī wǒ zhào yàng gěi nǐ

这两天的工资我照样给你

“I'll still pay you for these two days.”

《Live up to Your Youth》 S1·E31
TIMECODE: 04:26 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wǒ kàn zài zán men tóng bāo de fēn shàng

“For the sake of us being compatriots,”

zhè liǎng tiān de gōng zī wǒ zhào yàng gěi nǐ CURRENT FOCUS

这两天 的 工资 我 照样给你

“I'll still pay you for these two days.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN lìng xún gāo jiù

另寻高就

“Please find a better job.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: DISMISSAL
Tone: FIRM
Emotion: ANNOYANCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Take your money and get out; I am doing you a favor by paying you at all.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Renqing (Favor and Face in Layoffs)

Even when firing someone abruptly, Chinese employers often invoke shared background or pay extra days to maintain moral high ground and save mutual face.

INTENT TAGS: #dismissal #termination #settlement #face_saving
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
照样 SPOKEN CHUNK

as before; still; all the same

Use this adverb to indicate that an action or rule continues unchanged despite new circumstances.

这两天的工资 SPOKEN CHUNK

the wages for these past two days

A common practical phrase used when settling short-term labor compensation.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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