《Road to Success》 S1·E31 (02:59)
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wǒ jiù kě yǐ gōng chéng shēn tuì
我就可以功成身退
“I could retire with success”
《Road to Success》
S1·E31
TIMECODE: 02:59
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
wǒ běn lái yǐ wéi wǒ běn lái yǐ wéi gēn nǐ men yì qǐ yī lún yóu zhī hòu
我本来以为 我本来以为 跟你们一起一轮游之后
“I thought... I thought that after playing one round with you,”
wǒ jiù kě yǐ gōng chéng shēn tuì
CURRENT FOCUS
我 就可以 功成身退
“I could retire with success”
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Scene:
Social & Dating
Function:
EXPRESSING EXPECTATION
Tone:
SELF_DEPRECATING
Emotion:
AMUSEMENT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I was planning to do the bare minimum and bail out guilt-free.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Lying Flat and Slacker Humor
Urban Chinese youth often ironically elevate modest achievements or even deliberate failures into heroic accomplishments to justify retreating into comfortable, low-effort lifestyles ('salted fish').
INTENT TAGS:
#slacking_off
#irony
#self_mockery
#justification
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
功成身退
SPOKEN CHUNK
to retire after achieving success; bow out gracefully
Originally a classical idiom about wise statesmen stepping down after glory, often used humorously in modern slang to justify slacking off.
就可以
SPOKEN CHUNK
can then; will be able to
Used to denote an outcome or privilege made possible by a previous condition.
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2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
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