《The Epoch of Miyu》 S1·E4 (29:44)
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tīng qǐ lái yǒu xiē lǎo shēng cháng tán
听起来有些老生常谈
“It might sound a bit cliché,”
《The Epoch of Miyu》
S1·E4
TIMECODE: 29:44
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
shì wǒ men pǔ róng fàn diàn de fú wù zōng zhǐ
是我们浦荣饭店的服务宗旨
“is the service tenet of our Purong Hotel.”
tīng qǐ lái yǒu xiē lǎo shēng cháng tán
CURRENT FOCUS
听起来 有些 老生常谈
“It might sound a bit cliché,”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
dàn shì wǒ rèn wéi
但是我认为
“but I believe”
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Scene:
Workplace
Function:
CONCEDING A POINT
Tone:
MEASURED
Emotion:
SINCERITY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I know this sounds like a slogan everyone repeats, but listen to why it actually matters.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Rhetorical Preemption
In formal Chinese business speeches, acknowledging that a corporate value sounds commonplace prevents the audience from dismissing it as empty talk.
INTENT TAGS:
#concession
#reframing
#persuasion
#preemption
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
老生常谈
SPOKEN CHUNK
cliché; platitude; the same old story
An idiomatic expression describing concepts or moral preachings that have been repeated so often they lose novelty.
听起来
SPOKEN CHUNK
sounds like; sounds
Used as a sentence starter to express one's initial impression of an idea or statement.
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2 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
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