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《My Page in the 90s》 S1·E5 (18:26) HSK 7
kōng yǒu yī qiāng bào fù què wú chǔ shī zhǎn

空有一腔抱负却无处施展

“Full of ambition but with nowhere to apply it.”

《My Page in the 90s》 S1·E5
TIMECODE: 18:26 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN bù guò zài shì yè shàng yǒu yī xiē zǔ lì

不过在事业上有一些阻力

“But you face some obstacles in your career.”

kōng yǒu yī qiāng bào fù què wú chǔ shī zhǎn CURRENT FOCUS

空有 一腔抱负 却 无处施展

“Full of ambition but with nowhere to apply it.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ shuō dé duì ma

我说得对吗

“Am I right?”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: EMPATHIZING OR COLD READING
Tone: INSIGHTFUL
Emotion: SYMPATHY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I see right through you; you're frustrated that your talent is being wasted.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Huaicai Buyu (Unappreciated Talent)

A deeply resonant concept in Chinese culture where an individual possesses great talent and ambition but laments the lack of an appreciative patron or suitable circumstances.

INTENT TAGS: #profiling #empathy #rapport_building #provocation
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
空有一腔抱负 SPOKEN CHUNK

having noble ambitions in vain

Use this literary idiom to describe someone whose great potential or grand aspirations remain unfulfilled.

无处施展 SPOKEN CHUNK

having no platform to display one's talents

A common collocation when talking about feeling stuck or lacking career opportunities to demonstrate skills.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 2 GRAMMAR
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