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《Unsettled Case》 S1·E4 (10:00) HSK 6
tā zhāo le nǐ wèi shén me yào ràng nǐ yuǎn lí ?

他招了你 为什么要让你远离?

“He brought you on. Why would he want to?”

《Unsettled Case》 S1·E4
TIMECODE: 10:00 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN dàn wǒ jué de tā zhǐ shì xiǎng ràng wǒ yuǎn lí diào chá

但我觉得他只是想让我远离调查

“but I think he just wants to keep me away from the investigation.”

tā zhāo le nǐ wèi shén me yào ràng nǐ yuǎn lí ? CURRENT FOCUS

他 招了 你 为什么要让 你远离 ?

“He brought you on. Why would he want to?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN - wǒ jī hū shì lè suǒ le tā cái dā yìng zhāo wǒ de - méi yǒu rén néng lè suǒ kǎ ěr

- 我几乎是勒索了他 才答应招我的 - 没有人能勒索卡尔

“- I blackmailed him into bringing me on. - No one can blackmail Carl.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: CHALLENGING ASSUMPTION
Tone: PROBING
Emotion: SKEPTICISM
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Your theory makes no sense; nobody goes through the trouble of hiring someone just to sideline them.”
INTENT TAGS: #skepticism #logical_challenge #querying_intent #workplace_politics
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
招了你 SPOKEN CHUNK

hired you / recruited you

Colloquial spoken shorthand for 招聘 (zhāopìn) or 招募 (zhāomù).

远离 SPOKEN CHUNK

keep away from / stay distant from

Can be used transitively or intransitively to indicate physical distancing or exclusion from matters/people.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 7 GRAMMAR
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