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《Lady Liberty》 S1·E16 (05:11) HSK 3
zán men gōng sī yào mài gěi dǐng qí wǎng le zhè shì nǐ zhī dào ba

咱们公司要卖给顶麒网了 这事你知道吧

“Our company is going to be sold to Dingqi Platform. You know that, right?”

《Lady Liberty》 S1·E16
TIMECODE: 05:11 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN hé hán lǎo shī jiē lǎo bǎn chī fàn qù le

“Mr. He Han took Ms. Lin out for dinner.”

zán men gōng sī yào mài gěi dǐng qí wǎng le zhè shì nǐ zhī dào ba CURRENT FOCUS

咱们 公司 要卖给顶麒网了 这事你知道吧

“Our company is going to be sold to Dingqi Platform. You know that, right?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN fàn shū jiāng chéng wéi zán men lǎo bǎn de lǎo bǎn

“Mr. Fan will become our boss's boss.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: SEEKING CONFIRMATION
Tone: CONFIDENTIAL
Emotion: CURIOSITY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Big changes are coming that will affect us both—let's compare notes.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Workplace Grapevine (小道消息)

Informal workplace chatter is a vital channel in Chinese corporate culture for employees to navigate organizational instability and changes in leadership.

INTENT TAGS: #gossip #information_exchange #bonding
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 2 PARTICLES
咱们公司 SPOKEN CHUNK

our company

The inclusive pronoun 咱们 creates an instant sense of shared destiny between coworkers.

卖给 SPOKEN CHUNK

to be acquired by / sold to

Colloquial way to describe corporate acquisitions or buyouts in everyday speech.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Indicates an imminent change of state when paired with 要.

Modal Particle「吧」 (ba) CHANGE OF STATE

Solicits confirmation of a presumption that the listener likely knows the information.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

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