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《The Ferry Man 10th Anniversary》 S1·E18 (11:21) HSK 7
yāo guài méi yǒu xiū xī nǐ shì gàn shén me gōng zuò de

妖怪没有休息 你是干什么工作的

“Demons don't rest. What is your job?”

《The Ferry Man 10th Anniversary》 S1·E18
TIMECODE: 11:21 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nǎ pà yī tiān bú shì nǐ men nà ér méi yǒu xiū xī rì ma

“even for just one day. Wait. Don't you have days off?”

yāo guài méi yǒu xiū xī nǐ shì gàn shén me gōng zuò de CURRENT FOCUS

妖怪 没有 休息 你是 干什么工作 的

“Demons don't rest. What is your job?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ shì chéng xù yuán

我是程序员

“I'm a programmer,”

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Scene: Daily Life
Function: INQUIRING OCCUPATION
Tone: DIRECT
Emotion: CURIOSITY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Chinese Workplace Overtime Culture

The humorous contrast between demons having no rest days and human professions reflects common Chinese jokes about grueling work schedules, especially in tech.

INTENT TAGS: #inquiring #clarification #topic_shift #job_inquiry
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
干什么工作的 SPOKEN CHUNK

what kind of work do you do

A very standard, colloquial way to ask someone about their job or profession in spoken Chinese.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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