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《The Glamorous Night》 S1·E13 (08:00) HSK 3
ràng gōng sī dān xīn wǒ huì móu quán cuàn wèi

让公司担心我会谋权篡位

“otherwise, the company might fear I'm after their job.”

《The Glamorous Night》 S1·E13
TIMECODE: 08:00 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN ràng gōng sī jué de wǒ gé jú tài xiǎo yě bù néng tài gāo wū jiàn líng

让公司觉得我格局太小 也不能太高屋建瓴

“and make the company think I have a narrow vision. I can't be too lofty and detached,”

ràng gōng sī dān xīn wǒ huì móu quán cuàn wèi CURRENT FOCUS

让公司 担心 我会 谋权篡位

“otherwise, the company might fear I'm after their job.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN shén me fēn cùn

什么分寸

“This is not discretion.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: ELABORATING RISK
Tone: ASSERTIVE
Emotion: ANXIETY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“If I overreach, the leadership will view me as a threat to their authority.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Fen Cun (Sense of Propriety and Hierarchy)

In Chinese organizational culture, maintaining proper boundaries ('fen cun') relative to superiors is critical to avoid being perceived as a threat or lacking loyalty.

INTENT TAGS: #risk_assessment #caution #workplace_politics #boundary_setting
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
谋权篡位 SPOKEN CHUNK

to usurp power and seize the throne

An idiom originally from dynastic history, frequently used figuratively in modern workplace contexts to describe subordinate coups or overreaching ambition.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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