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《The Dream Maker》 S1·E9 (34:34) HSK 6
tán yè wù ma zhè dōu zhèng cháng

谈业务嘛 这都正常

“For discussing business, it's all normal.”

《The Dream Maker》 S1·E9
TIMECODE: 34:34 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zhè dǎ dī shí jiān kě yě gòu zhǎng de a

“They tend to be long calls, huh?”

tán yè wù ma zhè dōu zhèng cháng CURRENT FOCUS

谈业务 嘛 这都正常

“For discussing business, it's all normal.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN qiàn qiàn

倩倩

“Qian, my dearest Qian.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: DEFENDING BEHAVIOR
Tone: CASUAL
Emotion: CALM
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Don't overthink it; business calls naturally take time.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Business Rationalization

In Chinese workplace and social culture, attributing actions to 'conducting business' serves as a legitimate and polite shield against probing questions.

INTENT TAGS: #justifying #dismissing_concern #deflection #normalizing
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
谈业务 SPOKEN CHUNK

to negotiate or conduct business

A very common workplace collocation used to describe client communication or commercial discussions.

这都正常 SPOKEN CHUNK

this is totally normal / par for the course

Used to normalize an occurrence and dismiss another person's doubts or concerns.

Modal Particle「嘛」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Highlights that the reason being given is self-evident or universally understood.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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