且聽下回分解

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰiŋ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹ xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ fən⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

ÇINCE → TR

Tanım

•Tune in next time to hear the next installment of our story; stay tuned.

Etimoloji

In classical literature, a minor variant of this phrase (看 instead of 聽, which changes the meaning to “read” rather than “listen to”) was frequently employed as a literary device at the end of a chapter (回) in order to indicate to the user that there was more to the plot, and that the reader should continue on to the next chapter in order to find out what happened. The modified phrase later…