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《The Silent Rift》 S1·E15 (24:20) HSK 1
duì nǐ lái shuō jǔ shǒu zhī láo

对你来说举手之劳

“It's effortless for you.”

《The Silent Rift》 S1·E15
TIMECODE: 24:20 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN jǐng chá bù jiē shòu rèn hé xíng shì de tiáo jiàn jiāo huàn

警察不接受任何形式的条件交换

“The police don't accept any form of conditional exchange.”

duì nǐ lái shuō jǔ shǒu zhī láo CURRENT FOCUS

对你来说 举手之劳

“It's effortless for you.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nǐ yào dā yìng

你要答应

“If you agree,”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: PERSUADING OR MINIMIZING BURDEN
Tone: PERSUASIVE
Emotion: DETERMINATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“It costs you nothing to help me, so stop pretending it's such a big deal.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Minimizing Favors (Bao / Renqing Dynamics)

Framing an ask as 'effortless' is a tactic to reduce the perceived cost of compliance, making refusal appear petty or uncooperative.

INTENT TAGS: #persuasion #minimizing_effort #bargaining #coercion
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
举手之劳 SPOKEN CHUNK

a mere lifting of the hand; an effortless favor

Commonly used either modestly when receiving thanks ('it was nothing') or persuasively to minimize a requested task's difficulty.

对……来说 SPOKEN CHUNK

as far as ... is concerned; for ...

Used to frame an observation from a particular person's perspective or capability.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 3 GRAMMAR
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