我哪有这闲工夫
“I don't have time for that.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
开玩笑的
“Just kidding.”
我哪有 这闲工夫
“I don't have time for that.”
自己的问题还没解决呢
“I haven't even figured out my own mess.”
“I am drowning in my own mess; don't expect me to bother with that.”
In spoken Mandarin, rhetorical structures starting with '哪有' are preferred over flat denials to emphatically reject suggestions that one is idle or meddlesome.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
how could there be; where would I get...
Used at the start of a clause to form a rhetorical question strongly negating the premise.
leisure time; spare time for frivolous matters
Typically used in the negative to emphasize that one has far too much real work to waste time on trivialities.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“We have no time for a long-term plan. We're swamped every day.”
“have time to even notice me today?”
“I don't have time for some party. My brother is on his way.”