都不在 开𪨊会呢
“All having a crappy meeting?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
死哪儿去了
“Where on earth are they?”
都不在 开𪨊会 呢
“All having a crappy meeting?”
“I see you! - Master, someone's here! - Who?”
“Don't yell at me, everybody is at an official meeting.”
In traditional Chinese working environments or trades involving a 'shīfu' (master), informal scolding like '死哪儿去了' is common and usually met with immediate pragmatic explanations.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
none of them are here
Commonly used to quickly explain that an entire group or team is currently absent from a location.
Marks an ongoing action or current state, softening the delivery of factual information.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“No bad picks at all.”
“- [Chia-jen] Tomorrow! - Now hand them over, or else.”
“Not yet. But he's asked his fishing buddies. Any moment now.”
“You can't do that.”
“If it doesn't open, staying here for a year won't help.”
“No. Before we go down later,”