时间不早 我要去工作室了
“It's late. I'm going to the studio.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
哎呀
“Well.”
时间不早 我要去 工作 室了
“It's late. I'm going to the studio.”
都快中午了
“It's almost noon.”
“I am terribly late and need to get out of here right now.”
Blaming time constraints ('时间不早') is a socially acceptable and face-saving way in Chinese culture to end a meeting or leave without causing offense.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
it's getting late / time is running short
A polite, standard conversational exit strategy used to wrap up conversations or depart.
Indicates a change of state and urgency regarding the necessity to leave immediately.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“it's getting late. Farewell.”
“it's getting late. Why don't you go back first?”
“It's getting late. I should head back now.”