《The Knockout》 S1·E21 (11:46)
HSK 2
nà zěn me yě dé shí lái tiān ba sān tiān
那怎么也得十来天吧 三天
“It'll take at least a dozen of days. Three days.”
《The Knockout》
S1·E21
TIMECODE: 11:46
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THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
zhè dé chǒu zhe āi jiā āi hù qù tiáo jiě de huà
“I need to mediate door to door.”
nà zěn me yě dé shí lái tiān ba sān tiān
CURRENT FOCUS
那 怎么也得 十来天吧 三天
“It'll take at least a dozen of days. Three days.”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
xíng bù xíng
行不行
“Is it enough?”
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Scene:
Workplace
Function:
NEGOTIATING DEADLINE
Tone:
ASSERTIVE
Emotion:
PRESSURE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Ten days is too slow; get it done in three days regardless of the difficulty.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Top-Down Deadline Pressure
In Chinese managerial environments, leaders frequently squeeze estimated working periods severely to test efficiency and demand extreme dedication.
INTENT TAGS:
#negotiation
#deadline_setting
#counter_offer
#time_pressure
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2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
怎么也得
SPOKEN CHUNK
at the very least it will take
Used to introduce an inescapable minimum estimation of time, cost, or effort.
十来天
SPOKEN CHUNK
ten days or so
A colloquial way to indicate an approximate number around ten.
Modal Particle「吧」 (ba)
CHANGE OF STATE
Indicates an estimation seeking confirmation or agreement.
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1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
COLLOQUIAL EXPRESSIONS:
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《The Knockout》 S1·E21 (11:46) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus