来客人了 那先这样吧 晚上回家再说
“Here comes a guest. I'll hang up then. Talk to you later at home tonight.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
处理完事情就回家
“I'll come home once I finish my business.”
来客人了 那先这样吧 晚上 回家再说
“Here comes a guest. I'll hang up then. Talk to you later at home tonight.”
阿戌
“Xu.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Using '...再说' is a standard pragmatic strategy in Chinese to politely postpone discussions when time or circumstance does not permit an immediate resolution.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
let's leave it at that for now
A very common conversational formula used to smoothly wrap up a phone call.
talk more when arriving home
Used to postpone a discussion until returning to a shared domestic setting.
Indicates a new situation or change of state, namely the arrival of customers or guests.
Softens the suggestion to end the phone conversation.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“It's a deal then. Alright, I gotta go. I have a guest here.”
“Why are you back so late?”
“we have guests.”
“He went food shopping. He said there'll be a guest here in noon.”
“Knowing there'll be a guest at home, he began working since early morning.”
“only a few guests have come in dribs and drabs.”
“you have a guest. A guest?”
“We have a guest. Someone's here. Alright!”
“Let him rest. I'll tend to the guests. Go ahead. Hurry.”
“Guest for Room 6, please come in.”
“Talk to you later. My colleague is here. See you at home tonight.”
“I will go attend to other guests.”
“How about this? Go and attend to the guests.”