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《Wishing Upon the Shooting Stars》 S1·E8 (22:49) HSK 4
bú huì lái bù jí ba

不会来不及吧

“Will he be late?”

《Wishing Upon the Shooting Stars》 S1·E8
TIMECODE: 22:49 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zhù shǒu

住手

“Stop! [Stairway Corner Ice]”

bú huì lái bù jí ba CURRENT FOCUS

不会 来不及 吧

“Will he be late?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wèi

喂

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: EXPRESSING APPREHENSION
Tone: NERVOUS
Emotion: ANXIETY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Please tell me we are not too late to prevent this disaster.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Negative Presumption as a Coping Mechanism

Formulating anxious questions with rhetorical negation allows speakers to process worst-case fears out loud while soliciting reassurance from others.

INTENT TAGS: #seeking_reassurance #voicing_worry #hedging #time_urgency
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
来不及 SPOKEN CHUNK

there is not enough time; too late (to do something)

A highly frequent potential complement used when time constraints prevent an intended outcome.

不会...吧 SPOKEN CHUNK

surely it's not the case that... / don't tell me that...

Use this sentence frame to express tentative fear or disbelief while secretly hoping for confirmation to the contrary.

Modal Particle「吧」 (ba) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens the rhetorical query into a hesitant guess, projecting inner insecurity and seeking external confirmation.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 7 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

EXPLORE BY SEMANTIC SIMILARITY
咱都来不及熟悉一下
《叵测》
88% Match
咱都来不及熟悉一下
zán dōu lái bù jí shú xī yī xià

“We haven't had a chance to get acquainted.”

一会儿又来不及了又得催了
《爱情没有神话》
88% Match
一会儿又来不及了又得催了
yī huì er yòu lái bù jí le yòu dé cuī le

“You'll run out of time again and get rushed.”

不可能 时间来不及 绝对不可能
《爱情没有神话》
88% Match
不可能 时间来不及 绝对不可能
bù kě néng shí jiān lái bù jí jué duì bù kě néng

“Impossible. There's not enough time. No way.”

根本就来不及 就算是做出来了也很粗糙
《年少有为》
88% Match
根本就来不及 就算是做出来了也很粗糙
gēn běn jiù lái bù jí jiù suàn shì zuò chū lái le yě hěn cū cāo

“We won't be able to catch up. Even if we make it, it'll be unrefined.”

但我想今年恐怕来不及了
《玫瑰丛生》
88% Match
但我想今年恐怕来不及了
dàn wǒ xiǎng jīn nián kǒng pà lái bù jí le

“(But I don't think it'll work this year)”

我觉得我们来不及了
《女神蒙上眼》
88% Match
我觉得我们来不及了
wǒ jué de wǒ men lái bù jí le

“I'm afraid we won't make it on time.”

再晚就来不及了
《乩身》
88% Match
再晚就来不及了
zài wǎn jiù lái bù jí le

“Go now, or it will be too late.”

我怕来不及呀 我可以帮你转达呀
《狂飙》
88% Match
我怕来不及呀 我可以帮你转达呀
wǒ pà lái bù jí ya wǒ kě yǐ bāng nǐ zhuǎn dá ya

“I'm afraid it'll be too late. I can pass your words to him.”

现在谈已经来不及了
《冬去春来》
88% Match
现在谈已经来不及了
xiàn zài tán yǐ jīng lái bù jí le

“It's too late to talk about it now.”

就来不及了 完了
《良陈美锦》
88% Match
就来不及了 完了
jiù lái bù jí le wán le

“it'll be too late. It's over.”

这个时候再做来不及吧
《蜜语纪》
88% Match
这个时候再做来不及吧
zhè ge shí hòu zài zuò lái bù jí ba

“I'm afraid it's too late to make it now.”

来不及了
《方圆八百米》
88% Match
来不及了
lái bù jí le

“It's too late,”

再不进去就来不及了
《佳偶天成》
88% Match
再不进去就来不及了
zài bù jìn qù jiù lái bù jí le

“If we don't get in now, it'll be too late.”

今天不说可能来不及 你
《灿如繁星》
88% Match
今天不说可能来不及 你
jīn tiān bù shuō kě néng lái bù jí nǐ

“If we don't talk about it today, it might be too late. You...”

来不及了
《八千里路云和月》
88% Match
来不及了
lái bù jí le

“It's too late.”

来不及就要玩命 是吗 你们一个两个的
《小城大事》
88% Match
来不及就要玩命 是吗 你们一个两个的
lái bù jí jiù yào wán mìng shì ma nǐ men yí gè liǎng gè de

“So you have to risk your life? Every one of you wants”

赶不及的话我就帮你们取消了
《开庭》
88% Match
赶不及的话我就帮你们取消了
gǎn bù jí de huà wǒ jiù bāng nǐ men qǔ xiāo le

“I'll help you cancel it if you can't make it back on time.”

来不及了
《云秀行》
88% Match
来不及了
lái bù jí le

“It's too late!”

去晚了就来不及了 没做完呢
《小城大事》
88% Match
去晚了就来不及了 没做完呢
qù wǎn le jiù lái bù jí le méi zuò wán ne

“We'll miss it. Haven't finished yet.”

也来不及了
《良陈美锦》
88% Match
也来不及了
yě lái bù jí le

“to regret it now.”

时间可能来不及了
《长河落日》
88% Match
时间可能来不及了
shí jiān kě néng lái bù jí le

“Time may be running short.”

再晚就来不及了
《长河落日》
88% Match
再晚就来不及了
zài wǎn jiù lái bù jí le

“Any later and it'll be too late.”

来不及了
《百万人推理》
88% Match
来不及了
lái bù jí le

“[fan 22] You're too late, bro!”

你现在知道已经来不及了
《突然的喜欢》
88% Match
你现在知道已经来不及了
nǐ xiàn zài zhī dào yǐ jīng lái bù jí le

“It's too late for you to know that now.”

时间上根本就来不及
《唐宫奇案之青雾风鸣》
88% Match
时间上根本就来不及
shí jiān shàng gēn běn jiù lái bù jí

“to Yanshou Ward to kill Cui Manshu.”

《Wishing Upon the Shooting Stars》 S1·E8 (22:49) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus