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《The Knockout》 S1·E19 (22:17) HSK 3
jīn tiān a wǒ men jiàn gōng jí tuán zhǔn bèi le yì diǎn xiǎo xiǎo de lǐ wù

今天啊 我们建工集团 准备了一点小小的礼物

“Today, our construction group has prepared some small gifts”

《The Knockout》 S1·E19
TIMECODE: 22:17 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN gān rǎo le nǐ men de zhèng cháng shēng huó zhè hěn bào qiàn a

“which has disturbed your normal life. We're sorry.”

jīn tiān a wǒ men jiàn gōng jí tuán zhǔn bèi le yì diǎn xiǎo xiǎo de lǐ wù CURRENT FOCUS

今天 啊 我们建工 集团 准备了一点 小小的礼物

“Today, our construction group has prepared some small gifts”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN sòng gěi nǐ men xī wàng nǐ men a jì xù zhī chí wǒ men

送给你们 希望你们啊 继续支持我们

“for you. I hope you can continue to support us.”

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Scene: Business & Trade
Function: OFFERING COMPENSATION
Tone: CONCILIATORY
Emotion: POLITENESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Take these gifts and please overlook the trouble we caused.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Ritual Modesty in Gift-Giving (礼轻情意重)

Chinese etiquette dictates referring to one's own gifts as 'small' or 'insignificant' to show humility and avoid putting pressure on the receiver.

INTENT TAGS: #placating #gift_giving #polite_hedging #appeasement
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
建工集团 SPOKEN CHUNK

construction engineering group

A common institutional naming convention for state or private infrastructure enterprises.

一点小小的 SPOKEN CHUNK

a humble token of / a modest little

Used as a politeness marker when presenting gifts to display modesty.

Modal Particle「啊」 (a) CHANGE OF STATE

Used as a conversational pause to soften the tone and attract listeners' attention.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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