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《The Dream Maker》 S1·E40 (02:16) HSK 7
rú guǒ zài zhǎo rén de huà nà ge yù suàn kěn dìng shì dǎng bú zhù de ya

如果再找人的话 那个预算 肯定是挡不住的呀

“If we hire more people, the budget will definitely be blown.”

《The Dream Maker》 S1·E40
TIMECODE: 02:16 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN gōng chéng duì guò lái ma yù suàn ma yǐ jīng jǐn zhāng le

“Mr. Zhao will send a team over. Our budget's already tight.”

rú guǒ zài zhǎo rén de huà nà ge yù suàn kěn dìng shì dǎng bú zhù de ya CURRENT FOCUS

如果 再找人 的话 那个 预算 肯定是 挡不住 的呀

“If we hire more people, the budget will definitely be blown.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN xiàn zài shì tán qián de shí hòu ma

现在是谈钱的时候吗

“Does money matter now?”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: RAISING AN OBJECTION
Tone: DEFENSIVE
Emotion: ANXIETY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“We simply do not have the money, so stop proposing to bring more people in.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Budget Pragmatism vs. Crisis Demands

In workplace interactions, citing budget ceilings often serves as an objective, impersonal shield to reject demands without appearing personally confrontational.

INTENT TAGS: #budget_warning #resisting_demands #objection #caution
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
挡不住 SPOKEN CHUNK

cannot be held back; cannot be contained or managed

Colloquially used for costs or trends spiraling beyond control.

再找人的话 SPOKEN CHUNK

if we recruit/hire more people

A natural spoken conditional phrase used in workplace discussions regarding staffing.

Modal Particle「呀」 (ya) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens the bluntness of the objection while emphasizing the obviousness of the constraint.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 2 GRAMMAR
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《The Dream Maker》 S1·E40 (02:16) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus