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《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E26 (11:51) HSK 7
jiāng lái tí bá tā yī èr biàn shì

将来提拔他一二便是

“we'll just promote him when the time comes.”

《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E26
TIMECODE: 11:51 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN jì duì nǐ yǒu ēn

既对你有恩

“Since he helped you,”

jiāng lái tí bá tā yī èr biàn shì CURRENT FOCUS

将来提拔他一二 便是

“we'll just promote him when the time comes.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nǐ néng tí bá tā shén me

你能提拔他什么

“How could you promote him?”

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Scene: Historical & Court
Function: OFFERING A SOLUTION
Tone: DISMISSIVE
Emotion: CALM
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Don't fret about owing him a debt; I can easily settle it later with a little promotion.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Reciprocity and Patronage (Bao)

In Chinese social hierarchy, receiving a favor creates a moral debt that superiors typically repay using their political power and patronage rather than mere words.

INTENT TAGS: #repaying_favors #patronage #downplaying #solution_proposing
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

3 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
提拔 SPOKEN CHUNK

to promote; to elevate a subordinate

Commonly used in professional or bureaucratic settings when a superior gives a junior a boost in rank.

一二 SPOKEN CHUNK

a little bit; somewhat

A literary-leaning colloquial modifier used to modestly downplay the degree or quantity of an action.

便是 SPOKEN CHUNK

simply; that will do

A traditional or formal equivalent to '就可以了', used to indicate a straightforward conclusion or solution.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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