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《Live up to Your Youth》 S1·E2 (27:10) HSK 3
wǒ zài gēn nǐ jiǎng qīng chǔ yì diǎn a

我再跟你讲清楚一点啊

“Let me be clearer.”

《Live up to Your Youth》 S1·E2
TIMECODE: 27:10 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nǐ suí biàn yǎn

你随便演

“Act all you want.”

wǒ zài gēn nǐ jiǎng qīng chǔ yì diǎn a CURRENT FOCUS

我再跟你 讲清楚 一点啊

“Let me be clearer.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN guò jǐ tiān

过几天

“In a few days,”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: CLARIFYING INSTRUCTIONS
Tone: ASSERTIVE
Emotion: SERIOUSNESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Listen carefully, because you clearly did not get what I actually meant.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Directive Softening

In Chinese workplace communication, adding particles like 'a' prevents a corrective directive from sounding excessively harsh or confrontational.

INTENT TAGS: #clarification #assertion #instruction #attention_seeking
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
讲清楚 SPOKEN CHUNK

to explain clearly

A common verb-complement structure used when aiming to eliminate confusion or ambiguity.

再……一点 SPOKEN CHUNK

a bit more...

Used to modify an action or adjective to indicate an increase in degree.

Modal Particle「啊」 (a) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens the directness of the assertion while capturing the listener's attention.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
COLLOQUIAL EXPRESSIONS:
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