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《The Dream Maker》 S1·E34 (13:32) HSK 3
jiù xiān ràng tā gàn zhe nǐ kàn shì bú shì

就先让他干着 你看是不是

“so I let him work. I told you.”

《The Dream Maker》 S1·E34
TIMECODE: 13:32 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wǒ què shí qǐng bù qǐ nà me duō rén tā yòu shuō tā shén me dōu néng gàn

我确实请不起那么多人 他又说他什么都能干

“I really can't afford more workers. He said he could handle it,”

jiù xiān ràng tā gàn zhe nǐ kàn shì bú shì CURRENT FOCUS

就先让他干着 你看是不是

“so I let him work. I told you.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nǐ bié dāng wǒ bù dǒng a nǐ shuí nǐ shuí a nǐ guǎn wǒ zhè me duō

“I'm not a layman. W-Who are you? Mind your business.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: PROPOSING COMPROMISE
Tone: CONCILIATORY
Emotion: ANXIETY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Let's just keep him on temporarily to get by; don't make a big fuss about it.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Pragmatic Improvisation

In small-scale Chinese workplace contexts, staffing often relies on flexible, informal stopgap solutions rather than strict contractual procedures.

INTENT TAGS: #suggestion #seeking_agreement #hedging #compromise
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
先让他干着 SPOKEN CHUNK

let him keep working for now

Used when adopting a provisional, wait-and-see arrangement rather than a permanent decision.

你看是不是 SPOKEN CHUNK

don't you think?; isn't that right?

A conversational tag used to seek concurrence and soften an assertive suggestion.

Modal Particle「着」 (zhe) CHANGE OF STATE

Denotes the ongoing duration of the provisional action without a fixed end point.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
GRAMMAR BLUEPRINTS:
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