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《Lady Liberty》 S1·E12 (27:30) HSK 7
píng tái de dà xiǎo duì wǒ men lái shuō gù rán zhòng yào

平台的大小对我们来说固然重要

“Platform size is important to us, of course,”

《Lady Liberty》 S1·E12
TIMECODE: 27:30 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wǒ men kě shì yè nèi zuì dà de píng tái le ya

“But we're the biggest platform in the industry.”

píng tái de dà xiǎo duì wǒ men lái shuō gù rán zhòng yào CURRENT FOCUS

平台的大小 对 我们 来说 固然重要

“Platform size is important to us, of course,”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN dàn

但

“but for a content company like ours,”

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Scene: Business & Trade
Function: CONCEDING BEFORE COUNTERING
Tone: DIPLOMATIC AND MEASURED
Emotion: CALMNESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Your company is huge, sure, but that alone won't close this deal.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Hedging and Diplomatic Refusal

Chinese professional discourse avoids blunt rejection by validating the opponent's strong point first with '固然' (admittedly) before delivering a pivot.

INTENT TAGS: #concession #diplomacy #counter_argument #negotiation
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
固然 SPOKEN CHUNK

admittedly, no doubt, of course

A formal conjunction used to concede a point before introducing a turning contrast with '但是' or '然而'.

对……来说 SPOKEN CHUNK

as far as ... is concerned / to someone

Standard structure used to state a subjective viewpoint or specific perspective.

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