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句句中枪 
“Transmitter orientation” — that is, it is considered the responsibility of the speaker to communicate ideas clearly and unambiguously.
But Korea, like many Asian countries, is receiver oriented. It is up to listener to make sense of what is being said……… It is civilized, in the truest sense of that word: it does not permit insensitivity or indifference. But high-power distance communication works only when the listener is capable of paying close attention, and it works only if the two parties in a conversation have the luxury of time, in order to unwind each other’s meanings.