那个什么 我们局长在上面开会呢
“Well, he is in a meeting upstairs.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
月海的啊
“From Yuehai?”
那个什么 我们局长在上面 开会呢
“Well, he is in a meeting upstairs.”
“It'll take a while. Just wait.”
“You cannot see the director right now, so do not bother trying.”
Subordinates in Chinese government agencies or corporate offices frequently use ongoing meetings as a polite buffer to deflect unannounced visitors.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
well / you know / listen
A filler phrase used to initiate a turn gently or buy time before delivering potentially unwelcome news.
upstairs / at the higher office
Used both spatially to mean upstairs and symbolically to refer to higher levels of leadership.
Marks an ongoing action ('开会') while signaling that the state of being busy blocks the interlocutor's request.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Well, um... I was the one driving yesterday. Sorry, sorry.”
“Then which one are we?”
“We're heading to a meeting now?”
“I want to see Chief Zhang!”
“here for?”
“I just reported to Chief Zhang”