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《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E13 (37:43) HSK 5
nà jiù shì yuàn zhǎng gēn zhí gōng men yě dōu yì qǐ tóng chī tóng zhù

那就是院长跟职工们 也都一起同吃同住

“So the director and the staff all lived and ate together.”

《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E13
TIMECODE: 37:43 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN gēn fáng zi yī yàng wǒ men gōng zuò shēng huó dōu zài lǐ tou quán jiě jué le

跟房子一样 我们工作 生活 都在里头 全解决了

“of a house. We worked and lived all in there.”

nà jiù shì yuàn zhǎng gēn zhí gōng men yě dōu yì qǐ tóng chī tóng zhù CURRENT FOCUS

那就 是院长跟职工们 也都 一起 同吃同住

“So the director and the staff all lived and ate together.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN gǎn jué fēn wéi hái shì tǐng hǎo de nà huì er nǎ yǒu shén me yuàn zhǎng a

“The atmosphere was actually quite nice. Back then, there wasn't even a director.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: SEEKING CLARIFICATION
Tone: INQUISITIVE AND CONVERSATIONAL
Emotion: CURIOSITY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Work Unit (Danwei) Egalitarianism

In historical Chinese work units, leaders and workers shared housing and meals, embodying collective socialist unity before market reforms.

INTENT TAGS: #inquiry #summarizing #reflection #clarification
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
那就是 SPOKEN CHUNK

in that case / so that means

Used at the start of a sentence to deduce or summarize a conclusion based on prior statements.

同吃同住 SPOKEN CHUNK

to eat and live together

A classic four-character idiom describing close, egalitarian communal living or working arrangements.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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