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《Dream of Golden Years》 S1·E25 (06:54) HSK 7
bú huì yīn wèi tóng qíng tā ér gěi dù zhào jī fàng shuǐ ba

不会因为同情她 而给杜兆基放水吧

“You won't go easy on Du Zhaoji out of sympathy for her, right?”

《Dream of Golden Years》 S1·E25
TIMECODE: 06:54 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zhè me xīn shǎng tā

这么欣赏她

“You admire her so much.”

bú huì yīn wèi tóng qíng tā ér gěi dù zhào jī fàng shuǐ ba CURRENT FOCUS

不会 因为 同情 她 而给杜兆基 放水 吧

“You won't go easy on Du Zhaoji out of sympathy for her, right?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nǐ zài shuō zhè zhǒng huà wǒ men jiù zhōng zhǐ hé zuò

“If you say that again, our partnership is over.”

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Scene: Business & Trade
Function: SUSPICIOUS QUESTIONING
Tone: SKEPTICAL AND CONFRONTATIONAL
Emotion: SUSPICION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Do not let your personal feelings compromise our business deal.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Boundary Between Sentiment and Business

In Chinese business culture, mixing personal affection (人情) with collective business strategy often triggers severe distrust and pushback from partners.

INTENT TAGS: #provocation #distrust #warning #questioning
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
放水 SPOKEN CHUNK

to go easy on someone; to cut someone slack deliberately

A common colloquial idiom used in games, negotiations, or competitive situations when one party is suspected of deliberately underperforming.

因为……而…… SPOKEN CHUNK

because of... therefore...

A standard construction used to express a cause-and-effect relationship, often highlighting an irrational or inappropriate trigger.

Modal Particle「吧」 (ba) CHANGE OF STATE

Transforms the speculative statement into a probing rhetorical confirmation that expects denial.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
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