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《The Knockout》 S1·E37 (37:59) HSK 1
dà jiā tīng hǎo le gōng zuò shì dì yī wèi de

大家听好了 工作是第一位的

“Listen up. Work comes first.”

《The Knockout》 S1·E37
TIMECODE: 37:59 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN yě hǎo zhào gù zhào gù nǐ bié zhào gù wǒ

也好照顾照顾你 别照顾我

“when we're at work. Don't.”

dà jiā tīng hǎo le gōng zuò shì dì yī wèi de CURRENT FOCUS

大家 听好了 工作 是第一位的

“Listen up. Work comes first.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nǐ zǒu zhè jǐ tiān wǒ men yì zhí zài gōng zuò méi yǒu sōng xiè guò

你走这几天 我们一直在工作 没有松懈过

“We've been working while you've been away. We've never slacked off.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: DIRECTING AND INSTRUCTING
Tone: AUTHORITATIVE
Emotion: SERIOUSNESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Collectivist Duty in the Workplace

In Chinese institutional culture, leaders frequently remind subordinates that collective mission and duty override personal comfort or private matters.

INTENT TAGS: #instruction #leadership #prioritizing #command
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
听好了 SPOKEN CHUNK

listen up; mark my words

Used by a leader or speaker to command immediate attention before delivering an important statement or rule.

第一位的 SPOKEN CHUNK

top priority; first and foremost

A useful pattern (X是第一位的) to denote the most crucial factor or objective in a given situation.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Functions as a resultative/completive marker in '听好了', signaling the readiness to listen.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

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《The Knockout》 S1·E37 (37:59) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus