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《The Dream Maker》 S1·E9 (35:40) HSK 5
nà ge qiàn qiàn wǒ bù gēn nǐ jiǎng le a wǒ yào qù tán yè wù le a

那个倩倩 我不跟你讲了啊 我要去谈业务了啊

“Qian, I need to go now. I've got business.”

《The Dream Maker》 S1·E9
TIMECODE: 35:40 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN hái qiàn qiàn nǐ zhēn gòu qiàn de nǐ

“Qian this, Qian that. You're hopeless!”

nà ge qiàn qiàn wǒ bù gēn nǐ jiǎng le a wǒ yào qù tán yè wù le a CURRENT FOCUS

那个 倩倩 我 不跟你讲了 啊 我要去 谈业务 了啊

“Qian, I need to go now. I've got business.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN huí tóu dǎ gěi nǐ nǐ kuài zhe diǎn wán shì le wán shì le wán shì le

“Call you later. Hurry up! Done! All done!”

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Scene: Daily Life
Function: TERMINATING CONVERSATION
Tone: EVASIVE
Emotion: ANXIETY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I need to hang up right now to deal with this, so stop nagging me.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Legitimate Excuses in Chinese Communication

Citing urgent business or professional duties is a socially unimpeachable and face-saving justification to cut short personal conversations.

INTENT TAGS: #terminating_call #evasion #face_saving #deflection
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
谈业务 SPOKEN CHUNK

to negotiate business / discuss business matters

A very common colloquial expression in professional and semi-professional contexts to mean conducting or discussing business.

不跟你讲了 SPOKEN CHUNK

I'll stop talking now / gotta hang up

A standard spoken phrase used to signal the end of a phone conversation.

Modal Particle「啊」 (a) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens the abruptness of ending the conversation and prompts acknowledgment from the listener.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

4 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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