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《Dream of Golden Years》 S1·E16 (40:31) HSK 6
duì bù qǐ le běn lǎo tài tài shù bù fèng péi

对不起了 本老太太恕不奉陪

“Sorry. This old lady won't play along.”

《Dream of Golden Years》 S1·E16
TIMECODE: 40:31 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN fēng le nǐ

疯了你

“Have you gone crazy?”

duì bù qǐ le běn lǎo tài tài shù bù fèng péi CURRENT FOCUS

对不起了 本老 太 太 恕不奉陪

“Sorry. This old lady won't play along.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN yú nǎi nǎi suǒ yǐ a nǐ kě qiān wàn bié gēn wǒ kè qì gǎn jǐn kāi gè jià

于奶奶 所以啊 你可千万别跟我客气 赶紧开个价

“Granny Yu... Given the workload, you must be straightforward and name a price.”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: CURT REFUSAL
Tone: SARCASTIC
Emotion: ANGER
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I'm done listening to your nonsense, get out of my sight.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Faux Politeness in Conflict (反讽礼貌)

Using high-register formal phrases like '恕不奉陪' and '对不起' in a conflict serves as sharp sarcasm to enforce distance and dismiss an unwelcome petitioner.

INTENT TAGS: #dismissal #sarcasm #rejection #boundary_setting
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
恕不奉陪 SPOKEN CHUNK

beg to be excused / cannot keep you company any longer

A formal idiom used sarcastically in modern spoken Chinese to refuse to deal with someone.

本老太太 SPOKEN CHUNK

this old lady here (referring to oneself)

A self-referential term used by elderly women to assert seniority or express annoyance.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Attached to '对不起了' to signal a decisive, dismissive conclusion rather than a genuine apology.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
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