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《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E21 (13:46) HSK 7
wǒ lái huí yī tàng de gōng fu dōu néng chū gè shī jiǎn bào gào le

我来回一趟的功夫 都能出个尸检报告了

“(In the time it'd take to get there.) (I could've finished an autopsy report.)”

《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E21
TIMECODE: 13:46 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wǒ dǎo shì néng mō huì yú dàn nǐ men suǒ lí wǒ tài yuǎn le

我倒是能摸会鱼 但你们所离我太远了

“(I could probably slack off for a bit.) (But your firm is way too far from me.)”

wǒ lái huí yī tàng de gōng fu dōu néng chū gè shī jiǎn bào gào le CURRENT FOCUS

我来 回一趟的 功夫 都能出个尸检 报告 了

“(In the time it'd take to get there.) (I could've finished an autopsy report.)”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN bú huì tè bié jìn jiù zài fǎ yuàn duì miàn děng wǒ mǎ shàng dào hǎo

不会 特别近 就在法院对面 等我 马上到 好

“(Actually, it's very close.) (It's right across from the court.) (Wait for me. I'll be right there.) (Okay.)”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: COMPLAINING ABOUT INCONVENIENCE
Tone: EXAGGERATED
Emotion: RELUCTANCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Coming to see you takes way too much time away from my actual job.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Colloquial Hyperbole Among Peers

Chinese professionals commonly use workplace-specific hyperbole to playfully emphasize their heavy workloads or the inconvenience of a request.

INTENT TAGS: #hyperbole #reluctance #hesitation #time_cost
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
……的功夫 SPOKEN CHUNK

in the time it takes to do...

A spoken colloquial time expression indicating the brief duration or period required for an action.

尸检报告 SPOKEN CHUNK

autopsy report

Forensic medical terminology used in legal, medical, and procedural contexts.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Marks completion and adds rhetorical emphasis to the hypothetical outcome.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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