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《Agent from Above》 S1·E6 (08:43) HSK 4
zài wǎn jiù lái bù jí le

再晚就来不及了

“Go now, or it will be too late.”

《Agent from Above》 S1·E6
TIMECODE: 08:43 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN kuài qù ba

快去吧

“Go now, or it will be too late.”

zài wǎn jiù lái bù jí le CURRENT FOCUS

再 晚 就 来不及了

“Go now, or it will be too late.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN - shì nǐ bào àn de ma ? - shì a

- 是你报案的吗? - 是啊

“- You phoned police? - [man] Yeah.”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: URGING
Tone: URGENT AND PRESSING
Emotion: ANXIETY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Crisis Urgency in Mandarin

High-urgency warnings often pair comparative time conditions ('再晚') directly with absolute consequence formulas ('来不及了') to trigger rapid action.

INTENT TAGS: #urging #warning #hastening #prompting
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
再晚 SPOKEN CHUNK

any later

Used as a conditional phrase to stress that further delay will cause negative consequences.

来不及 SPOKEN CHUNK

too late / there's no time

An essential spoken phrase used whenever time has run out or an impending deadline cannot be met.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Signals an imminent change of state or inescapable conclusion if action is not taken.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 8 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

EXPLORE BY SEMANTIC SIMILARITY
再晚就来不及了
《长河落日》
100% Match
再晚就来不及了
zài wǎn jiù lái bù jí le

“Any later and it'll be too late.”

不能再等了
《生命树》
90% Match
不能再等了
bù néng zài děng le

“We can't wait any longer.”

后悔就晚了
《玫瑰丛生》
88% Match
后悔就晚了
hòu huǐ jiù wǎn le

“It'll be too late to regret it.”

一会儿又来不及了又得催了
《爱情没有神话》
88% Match
一会儿又来不及了又得催了
yī huì er yòu lái bù jí le yòu dé cuī le

“You'll run out of time again and get rushed.”

但我想今年恐怕来不及了
《玫瑰丛生》
88% Match
但我想今年恐怕来不及了
dàn wǒ xiǎng jīn nián kǒng pà lái bù jí le

“(But I don't think it'll work this year)”

不会来不及吧
《向流星许愿的我们》
88% Match
不会来不及吧
bú huì lái bù jí ba

“Will he be late?”

再不走就真来不及了
《成何体统》
88% Match
再不走就真来不及了
zài bù zǒu jiù zhēn lái bù jí le

“If we don't leave now, it'll be too late!”

我觉得我们来不及了
《女神蒙上眼》
88% Match
我觉得我们来不及了
wǒ jué de wǒ men lái bù jí le

“I'm afraid we won't make it on time.”

现在谈已经来不及了
《冬去春来》
88% Match
现在谈已经来不及了
xiàn zài tán yǐ jīng lái bù jí le

“It's too late to talk about it now.”

再晚就来不及了 你开门 阿璃
《莫离》
88% Match
再晚就来不及了 你开门 阿璃
zài wǎn jiù lái bù jí le nǐ kāi mén ā lí

“Or it'll be too late! Open it! Li,”

就来不及了 完了
《良陈美锦》
88% Match
就来不及了 完了
jiù lái bù jí le wán le

“it'll be too late. It's over.”

来不及了
《方圆八百米》
88% Match
来不及了
lái bù jí le

“It's too late,”

再不进去就来不及了
《佳偶天成》
88% Match
再不进去就来不及了
zài bù jìn qù jiù lái bù jí le

“If we don't get in now, it'll be too late.”

若再不去阻止就来不及了
《成何体统》
88% Match
若再不去阻止就来不及了
ruò zài bù qù zǔ zhǐ jiù lái bù jí le

“if we don't stop this now, it will be too late.”

来不及了
《八千里路云和月》
88% Match
来不及了
lái bù jí le

“It's too late.”

来不及了
《云秀行》
88% Match
来不及了
lái bù jí le

“It's too late!”

去晚了就来不及了 没做完呢
《小城大事》
88% Match
去晚了就来不及了 没做完呢
qù wǎn le jiù lái bù jí le méi zuò wán ne

“We'll miss it. Haven't finished yet.”

也来不及了
《良陈美锦》
88% Match
也来不及了
yě lái bù jí le

“to regret it now.”

再去尝试可能就来不及了
《我的妈妈是校花》
88% Match
再去尝试可能就来不及了
zài qù cháng shì kě néng jiù lái bù jí le

“it might be too late to try.”

时间可能来不及了
《长河落日》
88% Match
时间可能来不及了
shí jiān kě néng lái bù jí le

“Time may be running short.”

来不及了
《百万人推理》
88% Match
来不及了
lái bù jí le

“[fan 22] You're too late, bro!”

你现在知道已经来不及了
《突然的喜欢》
88% Match
你现在知道已经来不及了
nǐ xiàn zài zhī dào yǐ jīng lái bù jí le

“It's too late for you to know that now.”

时间上根本就来不及
《唐宫奇案之青雾风鸣》
88% Match
时间上根本就来不及
shí jiān shàng gēn běn jiù lái bù jí

“to Yanshou Ward to kill Cui Manshu.”

再不走就来不及了
《方圆八百米》
88% Match
再不走就来不及了
zài bù zǒu jiù lái bù jí le

“I won't make it if I don't leave now.”

《Agent from Above》 S1·E6 (08:43) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus