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《My Destiny》 S1·E5 (26:38) HSK 5
zài duō chéng dān yì diǎn yì si jiù shì hái yào zài jiā diǎn rén le

再多承担一点 意思就是 还要再加点人了

“to take on a bit more. More workers are gonna eat here?”

《My Destiny》 S1·E5
TIMECODE: 26:38 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN shì xiǎng ràng wǒ men

是想让我们

“wants us”

zài duō chéng dān yì diǎn yì si jiù shì hái yào zài jiā diǎn rén le CURRENT FOCUS

再多承担一点 意思就是 还要 再加点人了

“to take on a bit more. More workers are gonna eat here?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN zhè dōu yǐ jīng lèi sǐ le máng bù guò lái le ya

“We're swamped. Can't handle more!”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: CLARIFYING INTENT
Tone: SKEPTICAL
Emotion: FRUSTRATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You are sugarcoating it—taking on more work basically means we are going to be overwhelmed with extra people to serve.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Euphemistic Work Demands

Chinese management often frames heavy workload increases using polite collective terms like 'bearing more responsibility', which workers frequently deconstruct with irony.

INTENT TAGS: #clarification #complaining #workload_critique #skepticism
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
多承担一点 SPOKEN CHUNK

shoulder a bit more responsibility or work

A polite, workplace-appropriate euphemism commonly used by managers or teams when asking people to do more work.

意思就是 SPOKEN CHUNK

which basically means...

Use this spoken connective when cutting through euphemisms to state the actual, practical implication.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Indicates a new realization or resultant state regarding the workload.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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