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《The Dream Maker》 S1·E36 (11:09) HSK 7
wǒ gào sù nǐ kāi zhāng yào bù le sān tiān nà ge yǐ zi

我告诉你 开张要不了三天 那个椅子

“Within three days after opening, the chairs will pinch people's butts.”

《The Dream Maker》 S1·E36
TIMECODE: 11:09 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN shén me a nà shì

什么啊 那是

“What's wrong?”

wǒ gào sù nǐ kāi zhāng yào bù le sān tiān nà ge yǐ zi CURRENT FOCUS

我告诉你 开张 要不了三天 那个 椅子

“Within three days after opening, the chairs will pinch people's butts.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN jiù dé yǎo sǐ duō shǎo rén wǒ zhè me qīng de tǐ zhòng

就得咬死多少人 我这么轻的体重

“the chairs will pinch people's butts. With my light weight,”

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Scene: Business & Trade
Function: ISSUING A WARNING
Tone: CRITICAL
Emotion: SKEPTICISM
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Blunt Skepticism in Partnerships

In casual entrepreneurial partnerships, partners often speak with dramatic hyperbole to highlight operational risks without formal corporate politeness.

INTENT TAGS: #warning #criticism #prediction #skepticism
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

3 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
我告诉你 SPOKEN CHUNK

I'm telling you / mark my words

A strong discourse marker used to grab attention and introduce an emphatic warning or confident prediction.

要不了 SPOKEN CHUNK

in less than / taking no more than

Used with time spans to emphasize that something dramatic will happen very quickly.

开张 SPOKEN CHUNK

to open for business

Common term for the grand opening or commencement of business for a store or enterprise.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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