《Fate Chooses You》 S1·E39 (21:24)
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zhī qián nà jiā kè zhàn shēng yì bù hǎo
之前那家客栈生意不好
“The last inn I was at had bad business.”
《Fate Chooses You》
S1·E39
TIMECODE: 21:24
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THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
bú shì shuō zhī qián gàn guò ma
“Didn't you say you had experience with this?”
zhī qián nà jiā kè zhàn shēng yì bù hǎo
CURRENT FOCUS
之前那家客栈生意不好
“The last inn I was at had bad business.”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
lǎo bǎn niáng
老板娘
“Landlady!”
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Scene:
Workplace
Function:
DEFENSIVE JUSTIFICATION
Tone:
EXPLANATORY
Emotion:
DEFENSIVENESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“It wasn't my fault I left; the business just went under.”
💡 Cultural Insight: External Attribution for Face Preservation
Attributing job instability or lack of proficiency to an employer's poor business performance helps maintain face during interviews or casual background checks.
INTENT TAGS:
#justification
#face_saving
#explanation
#defensiveness
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2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
之前那家
SPOKEN CHUNK
the previous one (establishment)
Standard casual way to refer to a previous shop, company, or employer.
生意不好
SPOKEN CHUNK
business was slow / poor
Common collocation to describe low commercial turnover or struggling business.
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2 EXPR · 5 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
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