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《About Love》 S1·E21 (03:38) HSK 1
yào gōng zuò yǒu gōng zuò

要工作有工作

“She has a good job.”

《About Love》 S1·E21
TIMECODE: 03:38 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nà yào xué lì yǒu xué lì

那要学历 有学历

“She's well-educated.”

yào gōng zuò yǒu gōng zuò CURRENT FOCUS

要工作有工作

“She has a good job.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN zài shuō rén nà mú yàng zhǎng dé yě bù chà

“And she's quite pretty.”

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Scene: Social & Dating
Function: PRAISING QUALIFICATIONS
Tone: PERSUASIVE
Emotion: APPROVAL
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“They check every box on paper, so you really have no reason to be picky.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Checklist Matchmaking (Men Dang Hu Dui)

In traditional and contemporary Chinese dating culture, evaluating a partner involves ticking off rigid socio-economic boxes such as degree, stable employment, and physical appearance.

INTENT TAGS: #persuasion #matchmaking #listing_merits #evaluation
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
要工作有工作 SPOKEN CHUNK

has a solid job; lacks nothing in terms of employment

Used as part of the parallel pattern '要X有X' (has whatever X you could ask for) to enumerate someone's qualifications.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
COLLOQUIAL EXPRESSIONS:
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