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《Light to the Night》 S1·E17 (06:00) HSK 5
lǎo bǎn má fán kàn yī xià nǐ jiàn guò zhè jǐ gè hái zi ma ?

老板 麻烦看一下 你见过这几个孩子吗?

“Mister, I need your help. Have you seen these kids?”

《Light to the Night》 S1·E17
TIMECODE: 06:00 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN gàn huó ba

干活吧

“Let's get to work.”

lǎo bǎn má fán kàn yī xià nǐ jiàn guò zhè jǐ gè hái zi ma ? CURRENT FOCUS

老板 麻烦 看一下 你见过这几个孩子吗 ?

“Mister, I need your help. Have you seen these kids?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nà nǐ zhī bù zhī dào zhè fù jìn yǒu méi yǒu lā shùn fēng chē de rén ?

“Do you know anyone here who gives rides?”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: INQUIRING INFORMATION
Tone: POLITE
Emotion: ANXIETY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: laoban (boss / shopkeeper)

In everyday colloquial Chinese, this term broadly refers to small shop owners or street vendors rather than just corporate executives, serving as a polite form of address for unfamiliar small business operators.

INTENT TAGS: #searching for someone #inquiring for information #polite inquiry
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
麻烦看一下 SPOKEN CHUNK

could you please take a look

A polite colloquial phrase used to ask someone to look at or identify a photo, document, or item, conveying courtesy.

Modal Particle「吗」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Placed at the end of a sentence to form a yes-no question, seeking information or confirmation.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

4 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

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《Light to the Night》 S1·E17 (06:00) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus