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《Lady Liberty》 S1·E20 (20:03) HSK 3
zài nǐ men kàn lái yě zhǐ shì guò de qù

在你们看来也只是过得去

“to you, it might only be passable.”

《Lady Liberty》 S1·E20
TIMECODE: 20:03 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wǒ pà wǒ jué de zì jǐ zhuàng tài hǎo de shí hòu

我怕我觉得自己状态好的时候

“I'm afraid that even when I feel I'm in a good state,”

zài nǐ men kàn lái yě zhǐ shì guò de qù CURRENT FOCUS

在你们看来 也 只是 过得去

“to you, it might only be passable.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nǐ nǐ xiān huí qù ba

你 你先回去吧

“You should head back first.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: EXPRESSING INSECURITY
Tone: DEJECTED
Emotion: FRUSTRATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I gave it my all and thought it was great, but to you it's barely acceptable.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Understated Chinese Workplace Feedback

In Chinese creative industries, receiving the evaluation '过得去' (passable) is often considered faint praise, signaling significant room for improvement.

INTENT TAGS: #insecurity #self_doubt #disappointment #vulnerability
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
在...看来 SPOKEN CHUNK

in one's view; from the perspective of...

Used to frame an observation according to someone else's standpoint or evaluation.

过得去 SPOKEN CHUNK

passable; tolerable; merely so-so

Used to indicate something is acceptable but nowhere near outstanding.

Modal Particle「也」 (ye) CHANGE OF STATE

Adverb functioning pragmatically to emphasize contrast or an underwhelming, deflating outcome ('merely').

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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