大过年 谁在谈工作的事情？
“Who talks about work during New Year?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我才不相信咧
“Yeah, right.”
大过年 谁在谈 工作 的事情 ？
“Who talks about work during New Year?”
就有一家新的经纪公司找他谈啊
“A new agency reached out to him.”
“That makes no sense; nobody does business during the New Year holiday.”
In Chinese culture, the Lunar New Year is reserved strictly for reunion, celebration, and relaxation, making professional hustle or conflict socially taboo during this window.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
in the middle of the Spring Festival holiday
Commonly used as a rhetorical framing to indicate that certain unpleasant or serious matters should be set aside during the festive season.
discuss work or talk business
A standard collocation used when referring to professional matters intrusion into personal time.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“It's almost Chinese New Year. You all work hard year-round.”
“What is he busy with on New Year's Eve?”
“Today is the Chinese New Year!”
“Mr. Xiao, how are you planning to spend the New Year?”
“It's the Chinese New Year.”
“It's the New Year. It's nice to be somewhere lively. You have to go.”