《The Lead》 S1·E16 (16:59)
HSK 6
nǐ shì gěi rén jiā lā chē de lǘ
你是给人家拉车的驴
“You're just the one pulling the cart.”
《The Lead》
S1·E16
TIMECODE: 16:59
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
liǎng mǎ shì
两码事
“That's different.”
nǐ shì gěi rén jiā lā chē de lǘ
CURRENT FOCUS
你是给 人家 拉车的驴
“You're just the one pulling the cart.”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
nǎ yǒu lǘ lái qǐng rén jià yuán de
“The donkey doesn't get to choose the driver.”
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Scene:
Workplace
Function:
BLUNT CRITICISM
Tone:
BLUNT
Emotion:
CYNICISM
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You have no real power here; you are just a tool doing the heavy lifting.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Beast of Burden Metaphor
In Chinese culture, comparing someone to a working donkey or ox highlights exhaustion, subservience, and being driven by authority without having personal autonomy.
INTENT TAGS:
#deflating_ego
#reality_check
#status_reminder
#cynicism
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
拉车的驴
SPOKEN CHUNK
a cart-pulling donkey; a mindless beast of burden
A vivid colloquial metaphor for a subordinate employee who works hard without receiving recognition or decision-making power.
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2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
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《The Lead》 S1·E16 (16:59) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus