《The Dream Maker》 S1·E11 (39:21)
HSK 7
jiù dǐng duō wǔ fēn zhōng hǎo ba nà wǒ xiān shàng gè cè suǒ shì ba
就顶多五分钟 好吧 那我先上个厕所 是吧
“Five minutes at most, okay? Let me use the restroom first.”
《The Dream Maker》
S1·E11
TIMECODE: 39:21
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THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
dān wù nǐ yī huì er shí jiān bú huì dān wù nín tài jiǔ de
“Just a short talk. We won't keep you long.”
jiù dǐng duō wǔ fēn zhōng hǎo ba nà wǒ xiān shàng gè cè suǒ shì ba
CURRENT FOCUS
就 顶多 五分钟 好吧 那我先 上个厕所 是吧
“Five minutes at most, okay? Let me use the restroom first.”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
wáng jú zhǎng
王局长
“Mr. Wang.”
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Scene:
Workplace
Function:
STALLING
Tone:
RELUCTANT
Emotion:
IMPATIENCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You get five minutes, no more. And I'm putting it off right now by heading to the restroom.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Bureaucratic Deflection
Busy officials often use biological needs or rigid short time windows to maintain social distance and control encounters with petitioners or subordinates without issuing a flat refusal.
INTENT TAGS:
#boundary_setting
#stalling
#reluctance
#hedging
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2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
顶多
SPOKEN CHUNK
at most; at best
Use to set an absolute upper limit on quantity or time in casual conversations.
上个厕所
SPOKEN CHUNK
go to the restroom
Common everyday phrase for stepping away to use the toilet.
Modal Particle「吧」 (ba)
CHANGE OF STATE
Softens the agreement and seeks consent while proposing a boundary.
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5 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
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《The Dream Maker》 S1·E11 (39:21) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus