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《The Silent Rift》 S1·E4 (12:18) HSK 6
nín kàn wǒ men zhè yě shì zhèng guī yíng yè chǎng suǒ

您看我们这也是正规营业场所

“As you can see, we're a legitimate business.”

《The Silent Rift》 S1·E4
TIMECODE: 12:18 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nín zhè bú shì wéi nán wǒ men ma

“Officer, aren't you making things difficult for us?”

nín kàn wǒ men zhè yě shì zhèng guī yíng yè chǎng suǒ CURRENT FOCUS

您看 我们这 也是 正规营业场所

“As you can see, we're a legitimate business.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN zhè bǐ qián shì bù kě néng miǎn de

这笔钱是不可能免的

“We can't waive this payment.”

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Scene: Business & Trade
Function: JUSTIFYING STANDPOINT
Tone: ASSERTIVE
Emotion: DEFENSIVENESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“We follow official rules and cannot give you special favors or free services.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Appealing to Formal Legitimacy (Zhenggui)

Invoking the label 'legitimate/regular' serves as an objective defense in Chinese disputes, showing that actions are bound by formal institutional regulations rather than personal malice.

INTENT TAGS: #justification #firm_boundary #defensiveness #refusal
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
正规营业场所 SPOKEN CHUNK

legitimate commercial establishment; licensed place of business

Used in disputes to assert that an establishment complies with the law and operates under formal protocols.

您看 SPOKEN CHUNK

as you can see; look here

A polite discourse marker used to draw the listener's attention to an undeniable fact before making an argument.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 3 GRAMMAR
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