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《Lady Liberty》 S1·E17 (24:06) HSK 5
wǒ men zhǐ yào chǔ lǐ dé bù hǎo tā men jiù kě yǐ gù yì zhǎo chá

我们只要处理得不好 他们就可以故意找茬

“If we mishandle this, they can find fault”

《Lady Liberty》 S1·E17
TIMECODE: 24:06 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN tā men shén me yì si a zhè bù qiān le gù yì de bei

“What do they mean? They are not signing? It is deliberate.”

wǒ men zhǐ yào chǔ lǐ dé bù hǎo tā men jiù kě yǐ gù yì zhǎo chá CURRENT FOCUS

我们 只要 处理 得 不好 他们 就可以 故意找茬

“If we mishandle this, they can find fault”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN lái yā wǒ men de jià

来压我们的价

“and push down our price.”

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Scene: Business & Trade
Function: ANALYZING RISK
Tone: CAUTIONARY
Emotion: ANXIETY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Commercial Posturing (商战博弈)

In Chinese business negotiations, parties often seize on minor procedural flaws as leverage to demand price reductions.

INTENT TAGS: #warning #risk_assessment #caution #strategic_advice
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
只要……就…… SPOKEN CHUNK

as long as... then...

A fundamental conditional pattern connecting a necessary condition to an inevitable outcome.

故意找茬 SPOKEN CHUNK

deliberately nitpick or find fault

Commonly used in spoken Chinese to describe someone maliciously inventing excuses to criticize.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

5 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
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