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《No Pain No Gain》 S1·E1 (31:44) HSK 5
jiù shì yīng gāi bǎ zuì hǎo de dōu liú gěi yuán gōng

就是应该把最好的都留给员工

“the best stuff should go to the employees.”

《No Pain No Gain》 S1·E1
TIMECODE: 31:44 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN dàn shì nǐ men fàng xīn a bù guò wǒ jué de zuò wéi lǎo bǎn

但是你们放心啊 不过我觉得作为老板

“But don't worry. As the boss, I think”

jiù shì yīng gāi bǎ zuì hǎo de dōu liú gěi yuán gōng CURRENT FOCUS

就是 应该 把 最好的 都留给员工

“the best stuff should go to the employees.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN zhè xiē bàn gōng yòng pǐn dōu shì shàng yī jiā liú xià de běn lái yào rēng

这些办公用品 都是上一家留下的 本来要扔

“These office supplies were left by the previous tenant. They were going to throw them out,”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: GRANDSTANDING
Tone: HYPOCRITICAL
Emotion: PRETENTIOUSNESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I sound like a benevolent leader, but I am actually justifying budget cuts.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Employer Paternalism (画饼 / Big Promises)

Management in Chinese workplaces often uses moral posturing and paternalistic benevolence to foster loyalty while cutting actual costs.

INTENT TAGS: #grandstanding #persuading #justifying #flattering
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
就是应该 SPOKEN CHUNK

simply ought to

Used to assert a moral obligation or correct principle emphatically.

留给 SPOKEN CHUNK

to reserve for / to leave for

Collocation indicating setting aside valuable resources for someone specific.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 2 GRAMMAR
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《No Pain No Gain》 S1·E1 (31:44) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus