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《The Devil Between Us》 S1·E5 (13:23) HSK 7
dàn jiù shì shì jìn dú zhī duì àn zi tài duō rén shǒu bù gòu

但就是市禁毒支队案子太多 人手不够

“But the Municipal Narcotics Unit has too many cases and not enough manpower.”

《The Devil Between Us》 S1·E5
TIMECODE: 13:23 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zhè shì gè bàn fǎ

这是个办法

“That could work.”

dàn jiù shì shì jìn dú zhī duì àn zi tài duō rén shǒu bù gòu CURRENT FOCUS

但 就是 市禁毒支队 案子太多 人手不够

“But the Municipal Narcotics Unit has too many cases and not enough manpower.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN yào bù nǐ men dān wèi pài rén lái shì zuì hǎo de míng zhèng yán shùn

“It would be best if your unit sent people. It's perfectly justifiable.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: EXPLAINING CONSTRAINTS
Tone: PRACTICAL
Emotion: HELPLESSNESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“We can't handle this alone, so your unit really needs to step in and send staff.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Cross-Departmental Coordination

In Chinese public administration, stating systemic resource limits politely softens inter-agency requests before formally asking another bureau for personnel reinforcement.

INTENT TAGS: #requesting_help #explaining_constraints #resource_plea #collaboration
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
人手不够 SPOKEN CHUNK

short-handed / understaffed

An essential idiomatic expression in Chinese workplaces to explain delays or request additional support.

但就是 SPOKEN CHUNK

the only problem is / except that

Used conversationally to introduce a crucial bottleneck or reservation after acknowledging a previous point.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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