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《COURT!》 S1·E26 (07:50) HSK 2
bú shì zhè dōu duō zhǎng shí jiān le

不是 这都多长时间了

“How long has it been?”

《COURT!》 S1·E26
TIMECODE: 07:50 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN bà nín bié zháo jí

爸 您别着急

“Dad, please do not worry.”

bú shì zhè dōu duō zhǎng shí jiān le CURRENT FOCUS

不是 这都多长时间了

“How long has it been?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN shì a

是啊

“I know.”

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Scene: Family & Home
Function: EXPRESSING IMPATIENCE
Tone: AGITATED
Emotion: IMPATIENCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Don't tell me to calm down; something must be wrong if it is taking this long.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Conversational Connective '不是' (Busan)

Starting a sentence with '不是' in spoken Chinese does not mean literal negation, but acts as a conversational pivot to push back against a preceding remark with impatience.

INTENT TAGS: #impatience #pushback #worry #venting
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
多长时间了 SPOKEN CHUNK

how long has it been already?

Used rhetorically to emphasize that an excessive amount of time has elapsed.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Indicates the ongoing accumulation of time up to the present moment, underscoring the excessive delay.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 10 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

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