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《Road to Success》 S1·E19 (16:08) HSK 4
bàn xiǎo shí zhī hòu wǒ hái yǒu diǎn shì jīn tiān jiù xiān bù liú nǐ men le

半小时之后我还有点事 今天就先不留你们了

“I have something to do in half an hour. I won't keep you here today.”

《Road to Success》 S1·E19
TIMECODE: 16:08 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zī xún de shì wǒ zài kǎo lǜ kǎo lǜ
咨询的事 我再考虑考虑 →

“As for the counseling, I need to think about it.”

bàn xiǎo shí zhī hòu wǒ hái yǒu diǎn shì jīn tiān jiù xiān bù liú nǐ men le CURRENT FOCUS

半小时之后我 还有 点事 今天 就先不留你们了

“I have something to do in half an hour. I won't keep you here today.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN zhè yàng a nà dǎ rǎo le
这样啊 那打扰了 →

“I see. Sorry to bother you.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: POLITE REFUSAL
Tone: POLITE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Our time is up, so please head out now.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Ke Qi (Hospitality and Polite Dismissal)

Hosts frame asking visitors to leave as 'not detaining you further' (不留客), politely attributing the departure to their own schedule rather than disinterest.

INTENT TAGS: #polite_dismissal #boundary_setting #time_management #courtesy
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
不留你们了 SPOKEN CHUNK

won't keep you any longer

A polite host formula used to signal the end of a visit without sounding inhospitable.

有点事 SPOKEN CHUNK

have something to do / have some business

A very standard Chinese euphemism used to gracefully excuse oneself from a social or business encounter.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Marks a change of situation and signals finality regarding wrapping up the visit.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

EXPLORE BY SEMANTIC SIMILARITY
半个小时以后 不见不散
《玫瑰丛生》
88% Match
半个小时以后 不见不散
bàn gè xiǎo shí yǐ hòu bú jiàn bú sàn

“I'll meet you there in half an hour.”

《Road to Success》 S1·E19 (16:08) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus