《Love Has Fireworks》 S1·E30 (05:15)
HSK 7
gōng yù shàn qí shì bì xiān lì qí qì
工欲善其事 必先利其器
“one must sharpen one's tools to do a good job.”
《Love Has Fireworks》
S1·E30
TIMECODE: 05:15
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
suǒ yǐ
所以
“So,”
gōng yù shàn qí shì bì xiān lì qí qì
CURRENT FOCUS
工欲善其事 必先利其器
“one must sharpen one's tools to do a good job.”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
yào bù nín zài zǐ xì kǎo lǜ kǎo lǜ
“Why don't you reconsider it carefully?”
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Scene:
Workplace
Function:
PERSUADING
Tone:
PERSUASIVE
Emotion:
CONFIDENCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“We need to spend this money and prepare properly if you expect good results.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Chengyu and classical quotation rhetoric
Quoting classic philosophical adages (here from the Analects of Confucius) lends intellectual authority and rhetorical weight to one's workplace persuasion.
INTENT TAGS:
#persuasion
#justification
#proverb
#advocacy
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
工欲善其事
SPOKEN CHUNK
if a craftsman wants to do his work well
The first half of a famous Confucian proverb, rarely used alone without its following clause.
必先利其器
SPOKEN CHUNK
he must first sharpen his tools
The second half of the proverb, commonly cited in business and study contexts to justify investing in proper equipment.
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1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
COLLOQUIAL EXPRESSIONS:
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES
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Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
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