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《Love Story in the 1970s》 S1·E18 (34:57) HSK 6
chǎng lǐ yě yì zhí zhēng zhǐ yǎn bì zhǐ yǎn

厂里也一直睁只眼闭只眼

“they'll just turn a blind eye.”

《Love Story in the 1970s》 S1·E18
TIMECODE: 34:57 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN bú huì suī rán guǎn dé yán zhǐ yào bù dān wù shēng chǎn

“No. They're a strict bunch, but as long as it doesn't affect production,”

chǎng lǐ yě yì zhí zhēng zhǐ yǎn bì zhǐ yǎn CURRENT FOCUS

厂里也一直 睁只眼闭只眼

“they'll just turn a blind eye.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN zài shuō le

再说了

“Besides,”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: MINIMIZING RISK
Tone: REASSURING AND NONCHALANT
Emotion: CONFIDENCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Don't worry, management knows what is going on and deliberately ignores it.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Tacit Workplace Tolerance

In Chinese institutional culture, explicit rules are often balanced by flexible practical enforcement, where bosses overlook minor deviations as long as core performance is maintained.

INTENT TAGS: #justification #reassurance #rule_bending #risk_minimization
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
睁只眼闭只眼 SPOKEN CHUNK

to turn a blind eye / to look the other way

A popular idiom used when authorities or superiors knowingly overlook minor infractions.

一直 SPOKEN CHUNK

consistently / all along

Placed before verbs to indicate an ongoing habitual action or continuous state.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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