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《The Devil Between Us》 S1·E10 (13:02) HSK 7
zán zhè āi jiā āi hù zhǎo de huà zhè dé zhǎo dào hóu nián mǎ yuè

咱这挨家挨户找的话 这得找到猴年马月

“If we go door to door, it'll take forever.”

《The Devil Between Us》 S1·E10
TIMECODE: 13:02 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zhè xiē fáng zi zhè dōu zhǎng yī yàng

这些房子这都长一样

“These houses all look the same.”

zán zhè āi jiā āi hù zhǎo de huà zhè dé zhǎo dào hóu nián mǎ yuè CURRENT FOCUS

咱这 挨家挨户 找的话 这得 找到 猴年马月

“If we go door to door, it'll take forever.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN yòng nǐ zhī qián nà zhāo

用你之前那招

“Use your old trick.”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: VOICING CONCERN
Tone: EXASPERATED
Emotion: FRUSTRATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“This method is way too slow; we need a better plan right now.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Chinese Idiomatic Hyperbole

Phrases like 'Monkey Year and Horse Month' draw on the Chinese zodiac calendar to humorously express an unattainable or endless timeline.

INTENT TAGS: #complaint #efficiency #frustration #tactical_shift
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
挨家挨户 SPOKEN CHUNK

door-to-door; from house to house

A common idiom used to describe systematically visiting or checking every single household in an area.

猴年马月 SPOKEN CHUNK

God knows when; an indefinite time in the future

An idiomatic expression used to emphasize that something will take an absurdly long time or may never happen.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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