《The First Jasmine》 S1·E9 (37:13)
HSK 3
wǒ lái zhè shì yǒu zhèng shì yào bàn shén me zhèng shì
我来这是有正事要办 什么正事
“Besides, I'm here on important business. What important business?”
《The First Jasmine》
S1·E9
TIMECODE: 37:13
·
1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
zài shuō
再说
“Besides, I'm here on important business.”
wǒ lái zhè shì yǒu zhèng shì yào bàn shén me zhèng shì
CURRENT FOCUS
我来 这是 有正事要办 什么 正事
“Besides, I'm here on important business. What important business?”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
huà bì huà ma
画壁画吗
“Painting the mural?”
Subtitles synced to millisecond timecode
Browse Show Clips →
Scene:
Social & Dating
Function:
JUSTIFYING PRESENCE
Tone:
FEIGNED SERIOUSNESS
Emotion:
DEFENSIVENESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Don't flatter yourself, I actually have real work to do here.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Saving Face via Proper Duty
Invoking 'proper business' (正事) is a common communicative strategy in Chinese culture to avoid appearing overly eager, frivolous, or emotionally exposed.
INTENT TAGS:
#justification
#face_saving
#feigning_indifference
#defensiveness
🧩
1 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
有正事要办
SPOKEN CHUNK
to have serious business to attend to
A very common phrase used to justify one's presence or decline leisure invitations by appealing to important obligations.
🏮
3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
COLLOQUIAL EXPRESSIONS:
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES
EXPLORE BY SEMANTIC SIMILARITY
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
《The First Jasmine》 S1·E9 (37:13) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus