等她出来 我用她
“that she'll work for me when she gets out.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我都跟她说好了
“and we've agreed”
等她 出来 我 用她
“that she'll work for me when she gets out.”
可怜孩子
“What a poor child!”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Using '用' (to use) when referring to asking someone for labor or chores sounds very blunt in literal English, but in informal spoken Chinese among familiars, it simply conveys needing their service or help.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
wait until ... comes out
A straightforward temporal pattern used to defer action until a person emerges from a room or building.
need her / have work for her
In colloquial spoken Chinese, '用' followed by a person often means needing their help, assistance, or labor.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Well. I'm going out. I'm going out now.”
“You asked me out only for this moment?”
“Once I'm out, I'll be sticking with you guys.”
“I'm not her. She's not here to sing either.”
“But I can't get her out like that. She won't come.”
“What will the world be like when I get out?”