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《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E9 (20:13) HSK 6
wàn yī nǐ máng zhōng chū cuò tiān luàn zhè tuō le hòu tuǐ le

万一你忙中出错 添乱 这拖了后腿了

“what if you got flustered, caused more trouble, and slowed things down?”

《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E9
TIMECODE: 20:13 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN gān zháo jí bù shuō le

干着急不说了

“Not only that,”

wàn yī nǐ máng zhōng chū cuò tiān luàn zhè tuō le hòu tuǐ le CURRENT FOCUS

万一 你 忙中出错 添乱 这 拖了 后腿了

“what if you got flustered, caused more trouble, and slowed things down?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nà zhè jiàn shì bù jiù zāo le ma nǐ zhè huà shì shén me yì si

“Wouldn't that make things even worse? What do you mean by that?”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: CRITICIZING
Tone: BLUNT
Emotion: FRUSTRATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I don't trust you to handle this without ruining it for the rest of us.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Dragging Back the Group (Tuo Houtui)

Chinese culture places high social stigma on being the weak link who drags down the collective group's accomplishments.

INTENT TAGS: #blaming #warning #reproach #distrust
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
拖后腿 SPOKEN CHUNK

to hold someone back; to be a drag on the team

An extremely common idiom used when someone impairs group progress or burdens others.

忙中出错 SPOKEN CHUNK

to make mistakes when rushed

Used as a justification to discourage someone from rushing into a delicate situation.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Marks the completed realization of a negative state ('dragged us down').

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

4 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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