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《The Legend of Rosy Clouds》 S1·E16 (25:07) HSK 3
wǒ hái yǒu shì wǒ xiān zǒu le

我还有事 我先走了

“I have matters to attend to, I'll take my leave.”

《The Legend of Rosy Clouds》 S1·E16
TIMECODE: 25:07 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zhèng èr gōng zi

郑二公子

“Second Young Master Zheng,”

wǒ hái yǒu shì wǒ xiān zǒu le CURRENT FOCUS

我还有事 我先走了

“I have matters to attend to, I'll take my leave.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN chéng zhǔ chū shì le
城主 出事了 →

“Your Excellency, bad news.”

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Scene: Historical & Court
Function: TAKING LEAVE
Tone: HURRIED
Emotion: ANXIETY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I need to get out of here right now.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Polite Disengagement (Ci-xing)

Stating that one has other business is the standard formulaic way to withdraw politely without causing offense.

INTENT TAGS: #leave_taking #polite_exit #avoidance #haste
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
还有事 SPOKEN CHUNK

have other things to do

The standard polite excuse used to disengage or leave a situation.

我先走了 SPOKEN CHUNK

I'm heading out first

A polite leave-taking formula signaling departure before the other person.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Indicates an imminent change of state and completion of the conversation.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

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我还有事 我先走了
《生命树》
100% Match
我还有事 我先走了
wǒ hái yǒu shì wǒ xiān zǒu le

“I have things to do. I'm leaving.”

我还有事 先走了
《良陈美锦》
99% Match
我还有事 先走了
wǒ hái yǒu shì xiān zǒu le

“I have something to do, so I'll leave first.”

那个 我有事 先走了啊
《白日提灯​》
98% Match
那个 我有事 先走了啊
nà ge wǒ yǒu shì xiān zǒu le a

“Well, I have something to do. Bye.”

我还有事 那我就先走了
《轧戏》
98% Match
我还有事 那我就先走了
wǒ hái yǒu shì nà wǒ jiù xiān zǒu le

“I have something to attend to, so I'll go first.”

我还有点事 我先走了啊
《江湖夜雨十年灯》
95% Match
我还有点事 我先走了啊
wǒ hái yǒu diǎn shì wǒ xiān zǒu le a

“I have something to do. I'll go first.”

我还有事 我先走了 好
《年少有为》
95% Match
我还有事 我先走了 好
wǒ hái yǒu shì wǒ xiān zǒu le hǎo

“I need to be somewhere else. I'll get going. Alright.”

我一会儿还有事 得先走
《突然的喜欢》
95% Match
我一会儿还有事 得先走
wǒ yī huì er hái yǒu shì dé xiān zǒu

“I have things to do. I need to leave now.”

你好好养着 我还有事 我先走了
《夜色正浓》
85% Match
你好好养着 我还有事 我先走了
nǐ hǎo hǎo yǎng zhe wǒ hái yǒu shì wǒ xiān zǒu le

“Take care. I need to go. See you.”

《The Legend of Rosy Clouds》 S1·E16 (25:07) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus