《The Truth》 S1·E19 (18:57)
HSK 6
wǒ gēn rén jiā yuē hǎo de zán men shì bú shì gǎi tiān zài liáo
我跟人家约好的 咱们是不是改天再聊
“I have an appointment. Can we continue this another day?”
《The Truth》
S1·E19
TIMECODE: 18:57
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
jǐng jǐng chá tóng zhì nǐ kàn wǒ dài huì er hái dé chū qù bàn diǎn shì
警 警察同志 你看我待会儿还得出去办点事
“O-Officers, I have some business to attend to later.”
wǒ gēn rén jiā yuē hǎo de zán men shì bú shì gǎi tiān zài liáo
CURRENT FOCUS
我跟 人家 约好的 咱们 是不是 改天再聊
“I have an appointment. Can we continue this another day?”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
zěn me de ya zuò zhè chē bù zì zài a
“What's wrong? Uncomfortable in this car?”
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Scene:
Legal & Police
Function:
EVADING QUESTIONING
Tone:
DEFENSIVE
Emotion:
ANXIETY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Please let me out of this police car, I don't want to be questioned.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Avoiding Authority Friction
Ordinary citizens feeling uneasy around police authority often use indirect social excuses like prior engagements rather than directly refusing to cooperate.
INTENT TAGS:
#evasion
#excuse
#hedging
#nervousness
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2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
跟人家约好的
SPOKEN CHUNK
having a prior appointment with someone
A common conversational justification used to excuse oneself from a situation by citing a prior commitment.
改天再聊
SPOKEN CHUNK
chat another day / raincheck
Standard polite formula to postpone an ongoing conversation to an unspecified future date.
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4 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
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