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《The Silent Rift》 S1·E3 (02:34) HSK 2
dàn shì wǒ men wán huó hái hǎo yī huì er ne

但是我们完活还好一会儿呢

“But it'll take a while to finish up here.”

《The Silent Rift》 S1·E3
TIMECODE: 02:34 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN hǎo hǎo hǎo

好好好

“Great!”

dàn shì wǒ men wán huó hái hǎo yī huì er ne CURRENT FOCUS

但是 我们 完活 还 好一会儿呢

“But it'll take a while to finish up here.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nà nǐ men xiān máng

那你们先忙

“Get back to work. I'll wait here.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: MANAGING EXPECTATIONS
Tone: CASUAL
Emotion: WEARINESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Go ahead without us; we have a lot of work left, so don't hang around waiting.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Indirect Dismissal

In Chinese interaction, stating that one has a lot of remaining work is an understated, polite way to suggest the visitor move on without causing awkwardness.

INTENT TAGS: #deflection #expectation_setting #workload #polite_delay
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
完活 SPOKEN CHUNK

to finish the job or shift

A vivid Northern/colloquial expression equivalent to 'finish work', widely used among hands-on workers and teams.

好一会儿 SPOKEN CHUNK

quite a while / a good while

Used to denote a significant stretch of time remaining before an event concludes.

Modal Particle「呢」 (ne) CHANGE OF STATE

Emphasizes the ongoing nature of the process and conveys that the end is still noticeably far off.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

4 EXPR · 11 GRAMMAR
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