《Road to Success》 S1·E11 (09:20)
HSK 3
xū yào de shí hòu yòu bù zài
需要的时候又不在
“Whenever I need him, he's never around.”
《Road to Success》
S1·E11
TIMECODE: 09:20
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
qián zhǔ rèn
钱主任
“Director Qian?”
xū yào de shí hòu yòu bù zài
CURRENT FOCUS
需要的时候又不在
“Whenever I need him, he's never around.”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
zūn jìng de qián zhǔ rèn kǎo shì zài jí qiú duì pò qiè xū yào
尊敬的钱主任 考试在即 球队迫切需要
“Dear Director Qian, with the exams approaching, the team is in urgent need of...”
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Scene:
School & Education
Function:
COMPLAINING
Tone:
GRUMBLING
Emotion:
FRUSTRATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Why are you never around when things actually get urgent?”
💡 Cultural Insight: Venting About Superiors
In Chinese institutional culture, subordinates often complain about inaccessible leaders amongst peers before switching to formal honorifics when addressing them.
INTENT TAGS:
#complaining
#venting
#criticism
#frustration
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2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
需要的时候
SPOKEN CHUNK
when needed; at the moment of need
A common spoken phrase used to set up the context of an urgent situation.
又不在
SPOKEN CHUNK
absent again; not here yet again
The adverb '又' emphasizes a repeated, irritating pattern of behavior.
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1 EXPR · 2 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
COLLOQUIAL EXPRESSIONS:
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES
EXPLORE BY SEMANTIC SIMILARITY
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
《Road to Success》 S1·E11 (09:20) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus