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《Echoes of a Thousand Moons》 S1·E21 (26:52) HSK 6
nà jīn hòu tián xiān shēng yào shì diǎn lǔ cài nǐ zhǎng sháo

那今后田先生要是点鲁菜 你掌勺

“If Mr. Tian wants Lu cuisine, you'll be in charge.”

《Echoes of a Thousand Moons》 S1·E21
TIMECODE: 26:52 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN hǎo shuō hǎo shuō

好说好说

“No problem.”

nà jīn hòu tián xiān shēng yào shì diǎn lǔ cài nǐ zhǎng sháo CURRENT FOCUS

那今后田先生 要是 点鲁菜 你 掌勺

“If Mr. Tian wants Lu cuisine, you'll be in charge.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN dàn shì chú fáng suǒ yǒu de shì qíng dōu yóu jiāo shī fù tǒng chóu zhǎng wò

但是厨房所有的事情 都由焦师傅统筹掌握

“But everything in the kitchen in the kitchen.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: DELEGATING RESPONSIBILITY
Tone: NEGOTIATING
Emotion: CALM
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You get to cook your specialty, but don't think this makes you the overall boss.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Chinese Kitchen Hierarchy

Traditional Chinese restaurant kitchens maintain strict operational divisions between specialty chefs (掌勺) and general managers or executive head chefs (统筹), requiring delicate boundary setting.

INTENT TAGS: #delegation #division_of_labor #compromise #boundary_setting
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
掌勺 SPOKEN CHUNK

to be the head chef; to take charge of cooking

Literally 'to hold the ladle', used idiomatically to describe who takes charge of cooking a meal or running a kitchen.

要是 SPOKEN CHUNK

if; in case

A common informal conditional conjunction equivalent to '如果' in everyday spoken Chinese.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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