《Road to Success》 S1·E24 (29:38)
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wèi wǒ xìn hào bù hǎo wèi
喂 我信号不好 喂
“Hello? My signal is bad.”
《Road to Success》
S1·E24
TIMECODE: 29:38
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
nǐ dài zhe méi shì pǎo dào duì jiā jiǔ diàn qù gàn má nǐ guò lái yī tàng ba
“Why did you go to the rival's hotel for no reason? Come over here.”
wèi wǒ xìn hào bù hǎo wèi
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喂 我信号不好 喂
“Hello? My signal is bad.”
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Scene:
Workplace
Function:
FEIGNING IGNORANCE
Tone:
EVASIVE
Emotion:
ANXIETY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I'm pretending the line is dead so I don't have to answer for this right now.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Tactical Avoidance via Technical Fault
Blaming poor phone signal ('信号不好') is a ubiquitous modern Chinese white-lie strategy used to escape awkward phone confrontations without directly refusing a superior or colleague.
INTENT TAGS:
#evasion
#feigning_trouble
#call_avoidance
#excuse
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
信号不好
SPOKEN CHUNK
poor cell phone reception / bad connection
Commonly used literally when experiencing audio glitches, but also frequently used as a polite or sly pretext to end a phone call.
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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
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