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《Sunsets Secrets Regrets》 S1·E20 (16:48) HSK 5
gè wèi lǐng dǎo shuō dào zhè ér wǒ yào chā yī jù tí wài huà

各位领导说到这儿 我要插一句题外话

“Sirs, at this point, I'd like to add something before I continue.”

《Sunsets Secrets Regrets》 S1·E20
TIMECODE: 16:48 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN tā jiào léi dà huá

他叫雷大华

“His name is Lei Dahua.”

gè wèi lǐng dǎo shuō dào zhè ér wǒ yào chā yī jù tí wài huà CURRENT FOCUS

各位 领导 说到这儿 我要 插一句题外话

“Sirs, at this point, I'd like to add something before I continue.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ de zhè ge xiǎo xiōng dì léi dà huá tā cóng lái dōu méi yǒu zhí jiē cān yù dào

我的这个小兄弟雷大华 他从来都没有直接参与到

“This young friend of mine, Lei Dahua, has never directly participated”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: INTERRUPTING
Tone: DEFERENTIAL
Emotion: SERIOUSNESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Please grant me permission to address something off-topic that is critically important.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Deference to Hierarchy (Lingdao Discourse)

Addressing superiors as 'Lingdao' and explicitly begging indulgence before digressing demonstrates workplace deference and preserves hierarchical harmony.

INTENT TAGS: #formal_interjection #hedging #pleading_case #hierarchy
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

3 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
各位领导 SPOKEN CHUNK

respected leaders / dear leadership

Standard formal opening vocative used in Chinese organizational and workplace discourse.

说到这儿 SPOKEN CHUNK

speaking of which / at this point in the talk

A transitional marker used to pivot smoothly from one topic to the next.

插一句题外话 SPOKEN CHUNK

insert an aside / make a quick digression

A polite rhetorical hedge used to introduce a tangent without appearing disruptive.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

4 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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