《Wishing Upon the Shooting Stars》 S1·E7 (20:16)
HSK 3
jīn tiān kè rén duō máng bù guò lái
今天客人多 忙不过来
“We've got so many customers today, and we can't keep up!”
《Wishing Upon the Shooting Stars》
S1·E7
TIMECODE: 20:16
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
nǐ mā jiào nǐ xià lái bāng máng
“Your mom asked you to come down and help!”
jīn tiān kè rén duō máng bù guò lái
CURRENT FOCUS
今天 客人 多 忙不过来
“We've got so many customers today, and we can't keep up!”
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Scene:
Family & Home
Function:
JUSTIFYING REQUEST
Tone:
INSISTENT
Emotion:
URGENCY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Stop slacking off and get down here right now—we are drowning in work.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Family Business Obligation
In Chinese small family-run shops, family members are expected to contribute labor on demand whenever business peaks, prioritizing collective family livelihood over personal leisure.
INTENT TAGS:
#urgency
#summoning
#justification
#workload_pressure
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2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
忙不过来
SPOKEN CHUNK
too busy to manage / overwhelmed with work
A very common potential complement expressing that the volume of work exceeds one's capacity to handle.
客人多
SPOKEN CHUNK
many customers / high foot traffic
A concise spoken phrase common in family shops and restaurants to describe being packed.
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2 EXPR · 4 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
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《Wishing Upon the Shooting Stars》 S1·E7 (20:16) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus