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《Lady Liberty》 S1·E16 (27:21) HSK 6
wǒ men zhè yī shāng liáng a yī rén yí bàn jiē zhe zuò dé le

我们这一商量啊 一人一半接着做得了

“So we discussed it and decided to continue together, half and half.”

《Lady Liberty》 S1·E16
TIMECODE: 27:21 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN dàn shì shēng yì hái bú cuò

但是生意还不错

“But it was doing well.”

wǒ men zhè yī shāng liáng a yī rén yí bàn jiē zhe zuò dé le CURRENT FOCUS

我们这一 商量 啊 一人一半 接着做 得了

“So we discussed it and decided to continue together, half and half.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nà dà jiā xiāng chǔ dé hái bú cuò

那大家相处得还不错

“You all get along quite well.”

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Scene: Business & Trade
Function: NARRATING DECISION
Tone: CASUAL
Emotion: CONTENTMENT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Pragmatic Business Compromise

In small-scale Chinese partnerships, splitting ownership or profits evenly ('一人一半') is often preferred to maintain harmonious personal ties and avoid perceived unfairness.

INTENT TAGS: #compromise #narrating #collaboration #agreement
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
一人一半 SPOKEN CHUNK

fifty-fifty / half each

Use this idiomatic colloquial expression when dividing costs, shares, or duties evenly between two parties.

得了 SPOKEN CHUNK

might as well / let's just do it this way

Placed at the end of a sentence to suggest a simple, pragmatic resolution to an issue.

Modal Particle「啊」 (a) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens the pause and holds conversational rhythm while recounting an experience.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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