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《Live up to Your Youth》 S1·E30 (12:30) HSK 4
dàn shì zhì liàng kě bù néng xià qù

但是质量可不能下去

“but we can't let quality slip.”

《Live up to Your Youth》 S1·E30
TIMECODE: 12:30 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN shì liàng shàng lái

是 量上来

“Yes, volume goes up,”

dàn shì zhì liàng kě bù néng xià qù CURRENT FOCUS

但是 质量 可不能 下去

“but we can't let quality slip.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ xiǎng zhe

我想着

“I think”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: SETTING BOUNDARIES
Tone: ASSERTIVE
Emotion: SERIOUSNESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Speed and quantity mean nothing if our standard slips.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Quantity vs Quality Trade-off

In Chinese business and manufacturing culture, managing the tension between rapid output growth and strict quality control is a standard managerial priority.

INTENT TAGS: #warning #standard_setting #supervision #caution
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
可不能 SPOKEN CHUNK

absolutely cannot; must not under any circumstances

The character 可 adds strong emphatic force to warning or prohibition.

质量 SPOKEN CHUNK

quality

Frequently contrasted with 量 (quantity) in business and workplace environments.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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