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《Love Has Fireworks》 S1·E23 (11:37) HSK 3
huò zhě shuō liào zǒng huì yì wǔ fēn zhōng yǐ hòu kāi shǐ

或者说 廖总 会议五分钟以后开始

“Or... Ms. Liao, the meeting starts in five minutes.”

《Love Has Fireworks》 S1·E23
TIMECODE: 11:37 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN tā yīng gāi tǐng gāo xìng de

她应该挺高兴的

“come see her.”

huò zhě shuō liào zǒng huì yì wǔ fēn zhōng yǐ hòu kāi shǐ CURRENT FOCUS

或者说 廖总 会议五分钟以后开始

“Or... Ms. Liao, the meeting starts in five minutes.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN qǐng nín zhù yì yī xià shí jiān hǎo sì fēn zhōng yǐ hòu jìn lái gào sù wǒ

“Just a reminder. Okay. Remind me again in four minutes.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: REHEARSING A REMINDER
Tone: DEFERENTIAL AND BUSINESSLIKE
Emotion: SERIOUSNESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Corporate Hierarchical Address

Addressing a senior leader by their surname plus executive title ('Zong') is mandatory workplace protocol in China to maintain respect and distance.

INTENT TAGS: #reminder #rehearsal #workplace_protocol #professionalism
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
或者说 SPOKEN CHUNK

or rather / or say it this way

Useful when offering an alternative phrasing or refining a previous proposal.

五分钟以后 SPOKEN CHUNK

in five minutes

Standard temporal expression indicating when a future event will commence.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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