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《The Glamorous Night》 S1·E20 (26:12) HSK 7
shàng bān de shí hòu bié xiā liáo tiān

上班的时候别瞎聊天

“Don't chat idly during work hours.”

《The Glamorous Night》 S1·E20
TIMECODE: 26:12 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN jiā bān de yì bǎi líng bā shì

“(Shan Yunfei) (The 108 methods of working overtime.)”

shàng bān de shí hòu bié xiā liáo tiān CURRENT FOCUS

上班 的时候 别瞎聊天

“Don't chat idly during work hours.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN shí fēn zhōng yǐ hòu sān hào huì yì shì kāi huì

十分钟以后三号会议室开会

“Meeting in Conference Room 3 in ten minutes.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: REPRIMANDING
Tone: STERN
Emotion: ANNOYANCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Shut up and get back to business immediately; the meeting is about to start.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Workplace Discipline and Hierarchy (职场纪律)

In Chinese office culture, managers routinely issue blunt, unhedged verbal reprimands to curb non-work chatter, emphasizing strict work ethic and hierarchical obedience.

INTENT TAGS: #reprimanding #ordering #disciplining #asserting_authority
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
瞎聊天 SPOKEN CHUNK

chat idly; engage in pointless small talk

The prefix '瞎' denotes doing an action blindly, pointlessly, or inappropriately.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
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