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《The Knockout》 S1·E17 (08:59) HSK 6
wǒ jiào tā lái de nǐ nán wéi rén jiā gàn shén me ya

我叫他来的 你难为人家干什么呀

“I asked him to come. Why do you make it hard for him?”

《The Knockout》 S1·E17
TIMECODE: 08:59 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wǒ qù gè cè suǒ

我去个厕所

“I need to go to the toilet.”

wǒ jiào tā lái de nǐ nán wéi rén jiā gàn shén me ya CURRENT FOCUS

我叫他来的 你 难为人家 干什么呀

“I asked him to come. Why do you make it hard for him?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN lǎo bǎn

老板

“Boss,”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: DEFENDING SUBORDINATE
Tone: REPROACHFUL
Emotion: ANNOYANCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Back off, he is under my protection and has my authorization to be here.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Sheltering Under Authority (Hù Dui)

In Chinese social hierarchies, a higher-status person explicitly claiming responsibility ('I called him here') immediately invalidates harassment from others.

INTENT TAGS: #intervention #rebuking #protecting #asserting_authority
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
难为人家 SPOKEN CHUNK

give someone a hard time / put someone on the spot

Used when calling out someone for being unnecessarily difficult, demanding, or harsh to a third party.

干什么呀 SPOKEN CHUNK

why on earth / what are you doing

A rhetorical question often loaded with disapproval or mild confrontation.

Modal Particle「呀」 (ya) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens the acoustic harshness of the confrontation while reinforcing rhetorical dissatisfaction.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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