那一会儿开会 咱谝（聊）嘛
“We'll talk about it at the meeting.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“That's not the main reason. Then what is it?”
那 一会儿 开会 咱谝（聊）嘛
“We'll talk about it at the meeting.”
这裘师咋还没到呢 他去买菜了 不用等他
“Why isn't Master Qiu here yet? He went for groceries. No need to wait.”
“Stop probing me right now; let's talk about it together during the meeting.”
Deflecting a sensitive probe into a formal group setting allows speakers to avoid uncomfortable one-on-one commitments.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
in a little while; shortly
Essential time word for indicating an imminent action in spoken Chinese.
let's chat
Uses the northwestern dialectal verb '谝' (to chat) combined with the inclusive pronoun '咱'.
Conveys a suggestion as an obvious or practical compromise.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“There's a last-minute meeting today. In the meeting,”
“We're in a meeting. This isn't the proper time to discuss your personal issues. Get down.”
“Stop chatting and hurry up.”
“Then at tomorrow's meeting, you can join us”
“With your perspective, what's there to argue with me about the bigger picture?”
“No need to speak freely just yet. Let me wrap up today's meeting first.”