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《Lady Liberty》 S1·E12 (01:48) HSK 7
zhè wǔ gè yuán běn méi yǒu qiān yuē de bèi rén jié hú le yě qíng yǒu kě yuán

这五个原本没有签约的 被人截和了也情有可原

“For these five who hadn't signed before, it's understandable they got poached.”

《Lady Liberty》 S1·E12
TIMECODE: 01:48 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN hái shì nǎo bái jīn

还是瑙白金

“or Naobaijin?”

zhè wǔ gè yuán běn méi yǒu qiān yuē de bèi rén jié hú le yě qíng yǒu kě yuán CURRENT FOCUS

这五个 原本 没有 签约的 被人 截和 了也 情有可原

“For these five who hadn't signed before, it's understandable they got poached.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN shèng xià qiān yuē de méi yǒu fù dìng jīn de

剩下签约的没有付定金的

“As for the rest who signed but didn't pay the deposit,”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: RATIONALIZING
Tone: CONCILIATORY
Emotion: RESIGNATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Don't beat ourselves up over these ones; we never had them locked down anyway.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Mahjong Metaphors in Business

Terms derived from mahjong like 'jie hu' (intercepting a win) are frequently adapted into commercial Mandarin to describe aggressive, predatory competition.

INTENT TAGS: #rationalizing #excusing #minimizing_loss #soothing
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
情有可原 SPOKEN CHUNK

pardonable; excusable; understandable given the circumstances

Use this four-character idiom to justify a mistake or soften a failure by pointing out reasonable mitigating factors.

截和 SPOKEN CHUNK

intercepted; snatched away at the last moment

Borrowed from mahjong terminology, commonly used in business or romance to describe having an opportunity intercepted by a rival.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Marks an accomplished action or state change, underscoring the finality of the interception.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

4 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

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