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《Love Story in the 1970s》 S1·E19 (30:58) HSK 2
bù ràng tā zhī dào bù jiù wán le ma

不让她知道不就完了吗

“Then don't let her find out.”

《Love Story in the 1970s》 S1·E19
TIMECODE: 30:58 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN ràng wāng kē zhǎng zhī dào le bù hǎo

让汪科长知道了不好

“If Chief Wang finds out, I'm toast.”

bù ràng tā zhī dào bù jiù wán le ma CURRENT FOCUS

不让 她 知道不 就完了 吗

“Then don't let her find out.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nǐ xiǎng shuí méi gè bìng méi gè zāi de

“Everyone gets sick sometimes.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: PROPOSING SECRECY
Tone: PRAGMATIC
Emotion: IMPATIENCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“What she doesn't know won't hurt her, so let's just keep quiet and do it.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Flexible Bending of Rules (Tong Rong)

In Chinese bureaucratic or interpersonal contexts, people frequently bypass rigid organizational rules through mutual secrecy when helping someone facing personal difficulties.

INTENT TAGS: #persuasion #collusion #risk_minimization #pragmatism
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
不就完了吗 SPOKEN CHUNK

and that's the end of it / won't that solve everything?

A rhetorical phrase used to brush off complications and present a simple, decisive fix.

不让她知道 SPOKEN CHUNK

keep her in the dark / don't let her know

Common expression when proposing to hide something from a parent, boss, or authority figure.

Modal Particle「吗」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Frames the statement as a rhetorical question to make the solution sound obvious and harmless.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 2 GRAMMAR
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