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《Unsettled Case》 S1·E3 (45:27) HSK 4
nǐ kě yǐ nài xīn děng dào wǒ shuō wán zài zhāng zuǐ ?

你可以耐心等到我说完再张嘴?

“How about showing me instead that you can wait until I'm fucking finished? - How about that? - [sighs]”

《Unsettled Case》 S1·E3
TIMECODE: 45:27 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN bù rú biǎo míng yī xià

“How about showing me instead that you can wait until I'm fucking finished?”

nǐ kě yǐ nài xīn děng dào wǒ shuō wán zài zhāng zuǐ ? CURRENT FOCUS

你可以 耐心 等到 我说 完 再 张嘴 ?

“How about showing me instead that you can wait until I'm fucking finished? - How about that? - [sighs]”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ xiǎng yào nǐ qù nà lǐ hé dāng dì jǐng chá liáo yī liáo

我想要你去那里和当地警察聊一聊

“I want you to go up there and chat up the local law.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: SHUTTING DOWN INTERRUPTION
Tone: CURT
Emotion: ANNOYANCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Shut up and let me finish my sentence.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Hierarchy and Conversational Turn-Taking

Directly admonishing someone for interrupting ('张嘴') demonstrates a clear power imbalance and an overt display of senior authority.

INTENT TAGS: #silencing #assertion #reprimand #dominance
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
耐心等到 SPOKEN CHUNK

patiently wait until

Often used sarcastically or impatiently when reprimanding someone who interrupts.

张嘴 SPOKEN CHUNK

to open one's mouth; to speak up

A colloquial and somewhat blunt term for speaking, frequently used in critical imperatives.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

4 EXPR · 4 GRAMMAR
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