《The Dream Maker》 S1·E17 (03:10)
HSK 7
shū jì ne hái zài kāi huì yī shí bàn huì er kě néng méi fǎ jiàn nǐ men
书记呢 还在开会 一时半会儿 可能没法见你们
“He is still in session. He likely won't be available for a while.”
《The Dream Maker》
S1·E17
TIMECODE: 03:10
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
wǒ shì zhāng fù shū jì de mì shū
我是张副书记的秘书
“I'm Mr. Zhang's secretary.”
shū jì ne hái zài kāi huì yī shí bàn huì er kě néng méi fǎ jiàn nǐ men
CURRENT FOCUS
书记 呢 还在 开会 一时半会儿 可能 没法 见你们
“He is still in session. He likely won't be available for a while.”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
nà shū jì zhè huì yào dà gài kāi dào shén me shí hòu a
“When will the meeting end?”
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Scene:
Workplace
Function:
POLITE REFUSAL
Tone:
EVASIVE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“He is not going to see you anytime soon, so do not hold your breath.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Bureaucratic Gatekeeping
Secretaries frequently cite ongoing meetings (开会) as a polite, face-saving buffer to delay or deflect uninvited or inconvenient visitors.
INTENT TAGS:
#gatekeeping
#polite_refusal
#deflection
#hedging
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2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
一时半会儿
SPOKEN CHUNK
in a short while; any time soon
Colloquial temporal phrase almost exclusively used with negative verbs to mean 'not anytime soon'.
没法
SPOKEN CHUNK
unable to; no way to
Common spoken idiom used to soften an outright refusal by attributing it to circumstance.
Modal Particle「呢」 (ne)
CHANGE OF STATE
Pauses on the topic (the secretary) while softening the delivery of unfavorable news.
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3 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
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