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《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E40 (51:21) HSK 3
zhǎng guì de nǐ xiān qù máng ba

掌柜的 你先去忙吧

“Manager, you may go about your business.”

《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E40
TIMECODE: 51:21 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wú fáng

无妨

“I'm fine.”

zhǎng guì de nǐ xiān qù máng ba CURRENT FOCUS

掌柜的 你 先去忙吧

“Manager, you may go about your business.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN tāng zhè me hǎo hē nǐ tǔ

“The soup is so good, yet you threw up.”

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Scene: Dining & Food
Function: DISMISSING
Tone: POLITE
Emotion: CALM
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Please leave us alone now, we don't need you hovering around.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Polite Dismissal (客套逐客)

Telling service workers or hosts to 'go attend to your own business' is a face-saving way to request privacy without sounding dismissive.

INTENT TAGS: #dismissal #seeking_privacy #courtesy #command
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
掌柜的 SPOKEN CHUNK

shopkeeper; innkeeper; manager

Traditional historical term of address for the owner or manager of a tavern, inn, or retail shop.

先去忙 SPOKEN CHUNK

go ahead with your work; attend to your own tasks first

A courteous way to release staff, colleagues, or hosts from looking after you.

Modal Particle「吧」 (ba) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens the command into a gentle suggestion or courteous dismissal.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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