《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E39 (09:08)
HSK 6
yào bú shì kàn lǎo bǎn miàn zi
要不是看老板面子
“If it weren't for the boss,”
《Born to Be Alive》
S1·E39
TIMECODE: 09:08
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
qiāng shì wǒ kāi de shī tǐ shì wǒ rēng hú lǐ de
“I fired the gun. I threw the body in the lake.”
yào bú shì kàn lǎo bǎn miàn zi
CURRENT FOCUS
要不是 看 老板 面子
“If it weren't for the boss,”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
nǐ zuì duō yě jiù ná yì chéng
你最多也就拿一成
“you'd get ten percent at most.”
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Scene:
Crisis & Conflict
Function:
MINIMIZING VALUE
Tone:
DISMISSIVE
Emotion:
CONTEMPT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You don't deserve this cut; you're only getting it because of the boss.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Mianzi (Face as Leverage)
Citing respect for a higher-up's face ('看老板面子') allows a speaker to concede ground while simultaneously asserting superiority and denying the counterpart's personal merit.
INTENT TAGS:
#belittling
#face_politics
#conditional_respect
#leverage
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
要不是
SPOKEN CHUNK
if it weren't for / were it not for
Used at the start of a clause to introduce a counterfactual reason that prevented a worse outcome.
看面子
SPOKEN CHUNK
to show deference to someone / act out of respect for someone's standing
A core cultural expression used when doing a favor or showing restraint purely out of respect for a third party.
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3 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
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