《The Lead》 S1·E9 (35:40)
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nà zàn shí dào shá shí hòu
那 暂时到啥时候
“Then, when will it be approved?”
《The Lead》
S1·E9
TIMECODE: 35:40
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
wǒ zhè ge rén a jiù shì xǐ huān chōng dòng hái shì lǐng dǎo liǎo jiě wǒ
我这个人啊 就是喜欢冲动 还是领导了解我
“I do act on impulse. You leaders know me best.”
nà zàn shí dào shá shí hòu
CURRENT FOCUS
那 暂时 到啥时候
“Then, when will it be approved?”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
shá shí hòu a
啥时候啊
“When...?”
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Scene:
Workplace
Function:
SEEKING CLARIFICATION
Tone:
PROBING
Emotion:
IMPATIENCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Don't just brush me off with 'temporary'—give me a concrete deadline.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Bureaucratic Ambiguity
Superiors in Chinese workplaces often use vague temporal terms like '暂时' to defer definitive commitments, prompting subordinates to probe for clear boundaries.
INTENT TAGS:
#inquiry
#pressing_for_deadline
#probing
#clarification
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2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
暂时
SPOKEN CHUNK
temporarily; for the time being
A useful time adverb to describe provisional arrangements or short-term decisions.
到啥时候
SPOKEN CHUNK
until when; up to what time
A highly colloquial Northern phrasing equivalent to '到什么时候'.
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1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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