《The Glamorous Night》 S1·E4 (03:02)
HSK 5
yì zhí yào máng dào bàn yè
一直要忙到半夜
“and work until midnight?”
《The Glamorous Night》
S1·E4
TIMECODE: 03:02
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
yě jiù shì shuō měi tiān nǐ shì cóng xià wǔ kāi shǐ shàng bān
也就是说 每天你是从下午开始上班
“So you start work every afternoon”
yì zhí yào máng dào bàn yè
CURRENT FOCUS
一直要 忙到半夜
“and work until midnight?”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
duì a
对啊
“Yeah.”
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Scene:
Workplace
Function:
CLARIFYING INFORMATION
Tone:
MATTER-OF-FACT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
💡 Cultural Insight: Overtime Culture (Jiaban)
Working late into the night is a widespread reality in modern Chinese corporate life, often shared matter-of-factly among colleagues.
INTENT TAGS:
#clarification
#schedule_description
#stating_facts
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
一直要
SPOKEN CHUNK
continuously have to / must keep doing until
Use this structure to emphasize an unbroken duration of an obligation or activity.
忙到半夜
SPOKEN CHUNK
busy until midnight
A common spoken phrase used to express working late into the night.
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