别谝（聊）了 抓紧时间
“Stop chatting and hurry up.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
别紧张
“Don't be nervous.”
别谝（聊）了 抓紧时间
“Stop chatting and hurry up.”
县革委会特意打电话说
“The County Revolutionary Committee”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
The character '谝' (piǎn) is characteristic of northern Chinese dialects (especially Shaanxi) meaning casual, time-wasting chatter.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
make the best use of time / hurry up
A very common everyday phrase used in professional or task-oriented contexts to urge promptness.
stop chatting / stop gossiping
A regional dialectal phrase (primarily Northwestern/Shaanxi) meaning to cease idle chit-chat.
Indicates the cessation of an ongoing action when combined with the negative imperative.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“With your perspective, what's there to argue with me about the bigger picture?”
“We'll talk about it at the meeting.”
“You're always talking with everyone,”
“let's talk about this case. No need.”
“- Nuts. - Just chatting. You can sleep. What's the problem?”
“Not so fast.”