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《The Knockout》 S1·E7 (27:09) HSK 6
nǐ shì bú shì nǎo zi yǒu shén me máo bìng

你是不是脑子 有什么毛病

“What's wrong with your head?”

《The Knockout》 S1·E7
TIMECODE: 27:09 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wǒ men bì xū dé chú diào xú jiāng

我们必须得除掉徐江

“We must get rid of Xu Jiang.”

nǐ shì bú shì nǎo zi yǒu shén me máo bìng CURRENT FOCUS

你 是不是 脑子 有什么 毛病

“What's wrong with your head?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nǐ fēi děi wǎng huǒ kēng lǐ tiào wǒ men yǐ jīng zài huǒ kēng lǐ le

“Why do you have to jump into the fire pit? We're already in the fire pit.”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: BERATING
Tone: AGITATED
Emotion: ANGER
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Are you completely insane? That plan will get us killed!”
💡 Cultural Insight: Direct Reproach under Shared Risk

In Chinese relationships bound by shared fate, partners drop polite euphemisms entirely and use blunt insults like questioning mental sanity to prevent dangerous blunders.

INTENT TAGS: #berating #confrontation #dissuasion #expressing_disbelief
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
是不是 SPOKEN CHUNK

is it that... / are you...

Used here rhetorically to aggressively confront or challenge someone's state of mind.

脑子有什么毛病 SPOKEN CHUNK

have something wrong with one's head / out of one's mind

A harsh, colloquial reproach used in heated arguments to call someone crazy or reckless.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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