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《The Glamorous Night》 S1·E8 (44:57) HSK 5
dū huì yǒu jī è gǎn nǐ shì zhè yàng de rén ma yǒng yuǎn bú huì mǎn zú

都会有饥饿感 你是这样的人吗 永远不会满足

“That hunger remains. Are you like that? Never satisfied?”

《The Glamorous Night》 S1·E8
TIMECODE: 44:57 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zuò wéi yí gè hǎo de xiāo shòu dōu bú huì mǎn zú

“a good salesperson is never satisfied.”

dū huì yǒu jī è gǎn nǐ shì zhè yàng de rén ma yǒng yuǎn bú huì mǎn zú CURRENT FOCUS

都会 有 饥饿感 你 是这样的人 吗 永远不会满足

“That hunger remains. Are you like that? Never satisfied?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ dāng rán shì

我当然是

“Of course I am.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: PROBING
Tone: PROBING AND CHALLENGING
Emotion: CURIOSITY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Show me if you've really got the ruthless ambition it takes to survive here.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Hunger Mentality (狼性与饥饿感)

In modern Chinese corporate sales culture, an insatiable 'hunger' (often linked to wolf culture) is praised as the ultimate virtue of top performers.

INTENT TAGS: #probing #testing #evaluating #challenging
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
饥饿感 SPOKEN CHUNK

sense of hunger / insatiable drive for success

Widely used in modern Chinese business and startup jargon to describe hungry, ambitious employees.

永远不会满足 SPOKEN CHUNK

never satisfied / continually striving for more

Used to describe an insatiable work ethic or restless ambition.

Modal Particle「吗」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Forms a direct yes-no question to press the interlocutor for self-definition.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 2 GRAMMAR
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