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《The Knockout》 S1·E8 (34:58) HSK 3
wǒ shì shěng lǐ gōng dà bù yòng le xiè xiè

我是省理工大 不用了 谢谢

“I graduated from Provincial Tech University. No, thanks.”

《The Knockout》 S1·E8
TIMECODE: 34:58 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nín hǎo xué shēng jiā zhǎng ba

您好 学生家长吧

“Hello, your child goes to this school?”

wǒ shì shěng lǐ gōng dà bù yòng le xiè xiè CURRENT FOCUS

我是 省理工大 不用了 谢谢

“I graduated from Provincial Tech University. No, thanks.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nín kě yǐ miǎn fèi shì tīng yī jié kè wǒ jiā de hái zi chéng jì tǐng hǎo de

“Your child can take one lesson for free. My son has good grades.”

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Scene: Daily Life
Function: POLITE REFUSAL
Tone: POLITE YET DISMISSIVE
Emotion: INDIFFERENCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I know you are trying to sell me tutoring; do not waste your breath.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Declining Street Solicitations

In China, university students frequently distribute flyers or promote tutoring centers outside schools; a brisk '不用了,谢谢' is the standard polite formula to brush them off.

INTENT TAGS: #refusal #dismissal #politeness #boundary_setting
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
不用了 SPOKEN CHUNK

no need / no thank you

A standard and polite way to decline an offer, promotion, or assistance in everyday Chinese.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Indicates a change of situation or definitive closure, establishing that assistance is not required.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

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