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《The Knockout》 S1·E17 (09:22) HSK 5
nǐ shì zuò dà shì de

你是做大事的

“You can do important stuff.”

《The Knockout》 S1·E17
TIMECODE: 09:22 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN liú zhe wǒ gàn shén me ya

留着我干什么呀

“what do you want me to do?”

nǐ shì zuò dà shì de CURRENT FOCUS

你是 做大事的

“You can do important stuff.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ liú nǐ dào zuì hòu kěn dìng yǒu yòng

我留你到最后 肯定有用

“You sure will be useful to me in the future.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: FLATTERY AND MOTIVATION
Tone: ENCOURAGING
Emotion: CONFIDENCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Be patient; you are too valuable to waste on minor matters, so I am saving you for the real breakthrough.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Strategic Appeasement (戴高帽)

Praising someone as capable of 'big things' (做大事) is a common leadership tactic to pacify subordinates who feel sidelined or underutilized.

INTENT TAGS: #praise #motivation #reassurance #flattery
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
做大事 SPOKEN CHUNK

to achieve great things / to handle major undertakings

A high-praise idiom used to describe an ambitious, capable person destined for important tasks.

Modal Particle「的」 (de) CHANGE OF STATE

Used at the end of the sentence to assert certainty regarding the person's category or capability.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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