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《Light to the Night》 S1·E10 (03:43) HSK 6
wǒ men jiù bù dān wù nín shí jiān le a shén me shuí a ?

我们就不耽误您时间了啊 什么谁啊?

“We won't hold you up. What do you mean by who?”

《Light to the Night》 S1·E10
TIMECODE: 03:43 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN shuí ? qián jīng lǐ nín yīng gāi tǐng máng de ba ?

“Who? Mr. Qian, you must be busy.”

wǒ men jiù bù dān wù nín shí jiān le a shén me shuí a ? CURRENT FOCUS

我们就 不耽误您时间了 啊 什么谁啊 ?

“We won't hold you up. What do you mean by who?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ tú dì rǎn fāng xù nǐ bù rèn shí ma ?

“My apprentice, Ran Fangxu. You don't know him?”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: FEIGNING DEPARTURE
Tone: PROBING
Emotion: CONFUSION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I was about to leave, but wait, who are you referring to?”
💡 Cultural Insight: Polite Exit Formula (客套话)

Framing one's departure as 'not wanting to waste the other person's valuable time' is a conventional politeness strategy in Chinese business and formal encounters.

INTENT TAGS: #feigned_exit #clarification #probing #politeness
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
不耽误您时间了 SPOKEN CHUNK

won't take up any more of your time

A very common polite formula used to gracefully conclude a meeting, interview, or conversation.

Modal Particle「啊」 (a) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens the polite exit formula in the first half and indicates spontaneous confusion in the question.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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