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《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E4 (18:46) HSK 3
zhōu xiān shēng bù hǎo yì sī wǒ men hái yǒu shì wǒ men dé xiān zǒu le

周先生不好意思我们还有事 我们得先走了

“Mr. Zhou, sorry, we have something to do. We need to get going.”

《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E4
TIMECODE: 18:46 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN suǒ yǐ dōu yāo qiú yí gè bái zhǐ hēi zì huí tóu wǒ jiù bǎ hé tóng jì gěi nǐ
所以都要求一个白纸黑字 回头我就把合同寄给你 →

“so everything has to be in writing. I'll send you the contract later.”

zhōu xiān shēng bù hǎo yì sī wǒ men hái yǒu shì wǒ men dé xiān zǒu le CURRENT FOCUS

周先生 不好意思 我们 还有事 我们 得先走了

“Mr. Zhou, sorry, we have something to do. We need to get going.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN hé tóng de shì zhī hòu zài shuō ba

合同的事之后再说吧

“We'll talk about the contract later.”

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Scene: Business & Trade
Function: POLITE REFUSAL
Tone: COURTEOUS YET DECISIVE
Emotion: EVASIVENESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I need to get out of here right now so I don't get forced to commit.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Graceful Exit (脱身之道)

Inventing prior commitments is a standard Chinese tactful exit strategy to avoid direct confrontation or signing unvetted agreements on the spot.

INTENT TAGS: #polite_exit #evasion #delaying_tactic #social_buffer
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
不好意思 SPOKEN CHUNK

excuse me / I am sorry

The standard conversational buffer used before announcing an inconvenience or departure.

先走了 SPOKEN CHUNK

to take one's leave first

Standard conversational formula used to excuse oneself from a gathering or meeting ahead of others.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Indicates an imminent change of state and readiness to depart.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

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

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

EXPLORE BY SEMANTIC SIMILARITY
真是不好意思啊 不好意思 不好意思 我们先走了
《你好1983》
86% Match
真是不好意思啊 不好意思 不好意思 我们先走了
zhēn shì bù hǎo yì sī a bù hǎo yì sī bù hǎo yì sī wǒ men xiān zǒu le

“I'm really sorry. I'm really sorry, really. We'll be going now.”

何先生 不好意思 打扰您一下 不不 进来说
《爱情没有神话》
86% Match
何先生 不好意思 打扰您一下 不不 进来说
hé xiān shēng bù hǎo yì sī dǎ rǎo nín yī xià bù bù jìn lái shuō

“Mr. He. Sorry to bother you. It's okay. Come in.”

周先生 不好意思 我刚刚那个庭结束得有点晚
《家事法庭》
86% Match
周先生 不好意思 我刚刚那个庭结束得有点晚
zhōu xiān shēng bù hǎo yì sī wǒ gāng gāng nà ge tíng jié shù dé yǒu diǎn wǎn

“Mr. Zhou. Sorry about that. My court hearing ended a little later than expected.”

《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E4 (18:46) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus