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《Love Story in the 1970s》 S1·E24 (07:07) HSK 5
duì zhǎng nǐ shì nǎ ge kē shì de nà me xián

队长 你是哪个科室的 那么闲

“Captain, which department are you in? You seem pretty free.”

《Love Story in the 1970s》 S1·E24
TIMECODE: 07:07 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN shì a wǒ men hòu qín kē de shì yě tǐng duō de

是啊我们后勤科的事也挺多的

“Yeah, Logistics is swamped too.”

duì zhǎng nǐ shì nǎ ge kē shì de nà me xián CURRENT FOCUS

队长 你是 哪个 科室的 那么闲

“Captain, which department are you in? You seem pretty free.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ wǒ hái méi lián xì kē shì ne

我 我还没联系科室呢

“I haven't secured one yet.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: PROBING INFORMATION
Tone: TEASING
Emotion: CURIOSITY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Must be nice to have so little work to do—which cushy office do you actually belong to?”
💡 Cultural Insight: Work-Unit Administrative Ranking (Keshi)

In Chinese socialist enterprises, being assigned to an indoor administrative section (科室) was considered far more desirable and prestigious than blue-collar workshop labor.

INTENT TAGS: #probing #teasing #banter #inquiring
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
科室 SPOKEN CHUNK

administrative section / department

Commonly refers to white-collar offices or administrative desks within Chinese state-run enterprises and hospitals.

那么闲 SPOKEN CHUNK

having so much free time; so idle

Used colloquially to point out someone's lack of urgent duties, often in a teasing or slightly envious tone.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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