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《The Guilty》 S1·E9 (26:15) HSK 4
ràng xiōng dì men yǒu kǒu fàn chī jiù kě yǐ le

让兄弟们有口饭吃就可以了

“just make sure they can make a living.”

《The Guilty》 S1·E9
TIMECODE: 26:15 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN bù guǎn qián zhēng duō zhēng shǎo

“No matter how much money you make,”

ràng xiōng dì men yǒu kǒu fàn chī jiù kě yǐ le CURRENT FOCUS

让 兄弟们 有口饭吃 就可以 了

“just make sure they can make a living.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ shì zhè lǐ biān zī lì zuì qiǎn de ā chāng gēn nín de shí jiān dōu bǐ wǒ zhǎng

我是这里边资历最浅的 阿昌跟您的时间都比我长

“I have the least seniority here. Even Chang has been with you longer than I have.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: SHOWING MODESTY
Tone: DEFERENTIAL
Emotion: HUMILITY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I'm not greedy or trying to overstep; just make sure my men are taken care of.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Brothers and Survival (兄弟与饭碗)

Referring to colleagues or subordinates as 'brothers' and framing business gains merely as 'earning a bite to eat' is a classic Chinese strategy to display humility, solidarity, and lack of greed.

INTENT TAGS: #modesty #loyalty #deference #reassurance
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
有口饭吃 SPOKEN CHUNK

to make ends meet; to earn a basic living

A common idiomatic phrase used to express humble, minimum survival needs in business or work settings.

就可以了 SPOKEN CHUNK

then it will be fine; that is sufficient

Used at the end of a clause to set a modest threshold of satisfaction.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Indicates a newly reached threshold of adequacy or completion of requirements.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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