《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E3 (31:30)
HSK 5
wǒ běn lái shì yuē le kè hù yào jiàn miàn de
我本来是约了客户要见面的
“I had a client meeting scheduled,”
《Hold A Court Now》
S1·E3
TIMECODE: 31:30
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
shěn fǎ guān wǒ zhè kě bú shì yè yú shí jiān
“Judge Shen, this isn't my personal time.”
wǒ běn lái shì yuē le kè hù yào jiàn miàn de
CURRENT FOCUS
我 本来 是 约了客户 要 见面 的
“I had a client meeting scheduled,”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
tán yí gè bǎi wàn biāo dì hé tóng jiū fēn
“a contract dispute worth a million.”
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Scene:
Workplace
Function:
JUSTIFYING ABSENCE
Tone:
ASSERTIVE
Emotion:
ANNOYANCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I am a busy professional giving up major business to be here, so please take this matter seriously.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Professional Standing and Time Value
Lawyers addressing Chinese court personnel often frame schedule conflicts around client commitments to establish professional credibility without showing disrespect to judicial authority.
INTENT TAGS:
#justification
#defensiveness
#asserting_value
#explaining_delay
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2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
本来是
SPOKEN CHUNK
originally was; had intended to
Used to explain an original plan that was disrupted or altered by external circumstances.
约了
SPOKEN CHUNK
scheduled an appointment with; booked
Standard everyday verb collocation used for arranging business or personal meetings.
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3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
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