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《The Devil Between Us》 S1·E12 (16:35) HSK 7
zài děng wǒ yǒu shí jiān le wǒ jiù xué xīn de shǒu yì

再等我有时间了 我就学新的手艺

“When I have time, I'll even learn a new skill”

《The Devil Between Us》 S1·E12
TIMECODE: 16:35 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN děng wǒ bǎ shǒu tóu shàng de shì qíng dōu zuò wán le wǒ jiù ràng nǐ men jiàn miàn

等我把手头上的事情都做完了 我就让你们见面

“once I finish everything I've got going on, I'll let you meet.”

zài děng wǒ yǒu shí jiān le wǒ jiù xué xīn de shǒu yì CURRENT FOCUS

再 等我 有时间 了 我就学新的手艺

“When I have time, I'll even learn a new skill”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN gěi nǐ hé xiǎo yú jiě jiě kǎo

给你和小鱼姐姐烤

“so I can bake little fish cookies”

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Scene: Social & Dating
Function: PROMISING
Tone: WARM
Emotion: AFFECTION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Acts of Service as Affection

In Chinese relationships, showing affection often takes the form of promising to cook or prepare food for someone rather than verbal declarations of love.

INTENT TAGS: #promising #reassurance #future_plans #affection
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
等我有时间了 SPOKEN CHUNK

when I have time / once I'm free

A common conversational pattern used to introduce a future conditional plan once free time permits.

手艺 SPOKEN CHUNK

craft / culinary skill

Frequently refers to cooking, baking, or handicraft skills in casual conversation.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Marks a change of state or conditional realization in the temporal clause.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
GRAMMAR BLUEPRINTS:
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

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《The Devil Between Us》 S1·E12 (16:35) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus