《The Knockout》 S1·E5 (25:43)
HSK 5
lǎo bǎn zuò shén me shēng yì de
老板 做什么生意的
“Boss, what do you do?”
《The Knockout》
S1·E5
TIMECODE: 25:43
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
zhēn de shì xiè xiè
真的是 谢谢
“Really. Thank you.”
lǎo bǎn zuò shén me shēng yì de
CURRENT FOCUS
老板 做什么生意的
“Boss, what do you do?”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
wǒ wǒ shì tōng xùn kē jì
我 我是 通讯科技
“I'm... Communication technology.”
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Scene:
Business & Trade
Function:
INQUIRY
Tone:
COURTEOUS AND INQUISITIVE
Emotion:
CURIOSITY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
💡 Cultural Insight: Calling Others 'Laoban' (老板)
Calling a stranger or acquaintance 'laoban' (boss) is a polite form of flattery that shows respect regardless of whether they own a major company.
INTENT TAGS:
#networking
#inquiry
#small_talk
#rapport_building
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1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
做什么生意的
SPOKEN CHUNK
what line of business are you in?
A natural, standard conversational inquiry used in casual networking to ask someone what business they run.
Modal Particle「的」 (de)
CHANGE OF STATE
Placed at the end of the question to categorize the person's occupation or identity within a specific attribute group.
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2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
COLLOQUIAL EXPRESSIONS:
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES
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Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
《The Knockout》 S1·E5 (25:43) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus