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《The Dream Maker》 S1·E16 (10:53) HSK 7
zhèng shū jì nǐ nǐ bù jiāng ma

郑书记 你 你不僵吗

“Mr. Zheng, aren't you stiff?”

《The Dream Maker》 S1·E16
TIMECODE: 10:53 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN jiù nǐ zhèng cháng chī fàn jiù xíng wǒ zhèng cháng chī fàn jiù shì zhè ge yàng zi

就你正常吃饭就行 我正常吃饭 就是这个样子

“Just eat normally. This is me eating normally.”

zhèng shū jì nǐ nǐ bù jiāng ma CURRENT FOCUS

郑书记 你 你不僵吗

“Mr. Zheng, aren't you stiff?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nǐ yǐ jīng shí fēn zhōng méi yǒu fān yè le

“You haven't turned the page in ten minutes.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: TEASING AND POINTING OUT
Tone: TEASING
Emotion: AMUSEMENT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Party Secretary Zheng, aren't you getting stiff sitting like that? (Drop the act, you're not even reading.)”
💡 Cultural Insight: Party Secretary (shuji)

A distinctive Chinese Party or public office title (such as Party Committee Secretary), commonly used as an honorific preceded by the person's surname in daily professional interactions.

INTENT TAGS: #teasing #calling out #icebreaking
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
你不僵吗 SPOKEN CHUNK

Don't you feel stiff or awkward?

Used colloquially to tease someone who has held a rigid posture for too long or appears visibly unnatural.

Modal Particle「吗」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Placed at the end of a sentence to form a question, here used to ask a rhetorical or teasing confirmatory question.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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