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《The Dream Maker》 S1·E9 (11:57) HSK 4
yào gǎi gé kāi fàng yào jīng jì gǎo huó

要改革开放 要经济搞活

“that we need Reform and Opening-up and economic revitalization.”

《The Dream Maker》 S1·E9
TIMECODE: 11:57 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN cóng sān zhōng quán huì de shí hòu tí chū

从三中全会的时候提出

“The Party Central Committee said in the Third Plenary Session”

yào gǎi gé kāi fàng yào jīng jì gǎo huó CURRENT FOCUS

要 改革开放 要 经济搞活

“that we need Reform and Opening-up and economic revitalization.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN zhè shì nǎ yī nián de wén jiàn

这是哪一年的文件

“What year was this document from?”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: STATING POLICY
Tone: AUTHORITATIVE
Emotion: SERIOUSNESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Official policy dictates that we must be flexible and drive economic growth, not remain rigid.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Policy Discourse as Authority

Quoting party slogans and plenary session terminology is a standard method to legitimize arguments and establish moral or legal correctness in China.

INTENT TAGS: #policy_citation #justification #ideological_framing
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
改革开放 SPOKEN CHUNK

reform and opening-up

The seminal Chinese political and economic policy initiated in the late 1970s.

搞活 SPOKEN CHUNK

to vitalize / to make flexible and active

Often paired with 'economy' (经济搞活) in Chinese policy discourse to denote market liberalization.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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