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《The Heir》 S1·E28 (09:07) HSK 6
jiù suàn zán men rì yè gǎn gōng

就算咱们日夜赶工

“Even if we work day and night,”

《The Heir》 S1·E28
TIMECODE: 09:07 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN dàn bì jìng yě dān gē le xiē shí rì

“we've still lost quite a bit of time.”

jiù suàn zán men rì yè gǎn gōng CURRENT FOCUS

就算 咱们 日夜赶工

“Even if we work day and night,”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN pà yě bù néng zài shí xiàn nèi quán shù jiāo huò ya

“I'm afraid we still won't be able to deliver the entire order by the deadline.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: RAISING CONCERN
Tone: PESSIMISTIC
Emotion: ANXIETY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“We are facing an impossible deadline no matter how hard we push the workers.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Upward Risk Mitigation

Subordinates or foremen frequently use extreme hypothetical phrases like 'even if we work day and night' to signal impending failure gently without sounding insubordinate or lazy.

INTENT TAGS: #hedging #warning #expectation_management #concern
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
就算 SPOKEN CHUNK

even if

Used to introduce a concession when arguing that an outcome remains bleak despite extreme efforts.

日夜赶工 SPOKEN CHUNK

working around the clock; rushing work day and night

A standard professional four-character idiom describing intense overtime work to beat a deadline.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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