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《Dream of Golden Years》 S1·E18 (22:41) HSK 4
bǐ jiào fán suǒ pà má fán

比较繁琐 怕麻烦

“at their workplaces.”

《Dream of Golden Years》 S1·E18
TIMECODE: 22:41 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN yào me jiù shì shuō zì jǐ dān wèi

“or they worried about complicated approval”

bǐ jiào fán suǒ pà má fán CURRENT FOCUS

比较 繁琐 怕麻烦

“at their workplaces.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN hái yǒu yī xiē shì pà pāi le zhī hòu yǐng xiǎng bù hǎo

“Some were concerned that a commercial might reflect badly on them”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: EXPLAINING CAUSE
Tone: MATTER-OF-FACT
Emotion: HELPLESSNESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Avoiding Bureaucratic Inconvenience (Pa Mafan)

In Chinese institutional culture, people often avoid unmandated external requests because the procedural approvals are tedious and carry personal responsibility if something goes wrong.

INTENT TAGS: #explaining #justifying #identifying_obstacles
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
怕麻烦 SPOKEN CHUNK

afraid of trouble or inconvenience

A very common colloquial expression to describe avoidance of bureaucratic, tedious, or inconvenient procedures.

比较繁琐 SPOKEN CHUNK

relatively complicated and tedious

Used in professional or everyday settings to describe burdensome administrative or procedural steps.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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