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《The Guilty》 S1·E9 (04:44) HSK 6
zhī qián chuán chǎng bào zhà àn a gǎo dé shěng lǐ hěn bèi dòng

之前船厂爆炸案啊 搞得省里很被动

“The shipyard explosion earlier put the provincial government in a tough spot.”

《The Guilty》 S1·E9
TIMECODE: 04:44 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nín xiǎo xīn

您小心

“Watch your step.”

zhī qián chuán chǎng bào zhà àn a gǎo dé shěng lǐ hěn bèi dòng CURRENT FOCUS

之前船厂 爆炸 案啊 搞得 省里 很被动

“The shipyard explosion earlier put the provincial government in a tough spot.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN mǒu xiē rén jiè jī dà zuò wén zhāng

“Some people used it to make a scene.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: ANALYZING SITUATION
Tone: CALCULATING
Emotion: CONCERN
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“That incident damaged our leverage and opened our leadership up to political attack from rivals.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Passivity in Officialdom (Bei Dong)

In Chinese organizational culture, being 'passive' implies losing control of the narrative, facing reputational damage, and becoming vulnerable to accountability checks or political rivals.

INTENT TAGS: #political_analysis #bureaucracy #vulnerability #caution
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
搞得...很被动 SPOKEN CHUNK

put someone in a very passive/disadvantaged position

Extremely common in business and official contexts to describe being stripped of initiative or put on the defensive.

Modal Particle「啊」 (a) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens the opening topic phrase and pauses to ensure the listener is tracking the reference.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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