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《Road to Success》 S1·E15 (42:41) HSK 4
mài dì qiú cái dōu shì shēng yì

卖弟求财都是生意

“Selling your brother for money? So it's all business.”

《Road to Success》 S1·E15
TIMECODE: 42:41 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN yě xiǎng zhè liǎng nián tí yī tí jù lè bù de shōu yì nǐ xìng jià bǐ hái kě yǐ

也想这两年提一提俱乐部的收益 你性价比还可以

“want to boost the club's revenue in the next two years. You're quite cost-effective.”

mài dì qiú cái dōu shì shēng yì CURRENT FOCUS

卖弟求财 都是生意

“Selling your brother for money? So it's all business.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nǐ ràng wǒ mài ma hǎo hǎo de shuāng yíng bèi nǐ gǎo chéng le zhè yàng

你让我卖吗 好好的双赢被你搞成了这样

“Would you let me sell you? You ruined a perfect win-win.”

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Scene: Business & Trade
Function: JUSTIFYING ACTION
Tone: CALLOUS
Emotion: INDIFFERENCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Do not take it personally; profits come before loyalty here.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Brothers vs. Business (Xiongdi Yu Liyi)

In Chinese culture, brotherhood (xiongdi) implies deep mutual loyalty; subverting this for personal gain is traditionally stigmatized, making this explicit commodification especially blunt.

INTENT TAGS: #rationalization #cynicism #commercializing #dismissal
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

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都是生意 SPOKEN CHUNK

it is all just business

Used cynically to deflect moral responsibility by portraying an unfair or cold decision as standard business practice.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

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