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《Road to Success》 S1·E28 (09:49) HSK 7
tīng wǒ xù dāo zhè me jiǔ

听我絮叨这么久

“and listening to me ramble on for so long.”

《Road to Success》 S1·E28
TIMECODE: 09:49 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN xiè xiè nǐ lái kàn wǒ

“Thank you for coming to see me”

tīng wǒ xù dāo zhè me jiǔ CURRENT FOCUS

听我 絮叨 这么久

“and listening to me ramble on for so long.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN jiàn liàng a jiàn liàng wǒ shì nín xué shēng ma

“Pardon me. Pardon me. I'm your student.”

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Scene: Social & Dating
Function: POLITE APOLOGY
Tone: SELF_DEPRECATING
Emotion: GRATITUDE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I've been rambling on and on, thank you for being so patient with me.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Polite self-deprecation (Ke qi)

Chinese etiquette encourages hosts or seniors to belittle their own words as '絮叨' (rambling) to elevate the guest's courtesy and patience.

INTENT TAGS: #politeness #apologizing #modesty #acknowledgment
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
絮叨 SPOKEN CHUNK

to ramble; to babble; to talk endlessly

A slightly colloquial term often used self-deprecatingly by older speakers when apologizing for speaking too much.

这么久 SPOKEN CHUNK

for this long

A versatile phrase used after verbs to indicate an extended duration of an activity.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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