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《The Tang Mist》 S1·E6 (21:46) HSK 6
bú shì yǐ zài láo zhōng

不是已在牢中

“already in custody?”

《The Tang Mist》 S1·E6
TIMECODE: 21:46 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN xiōng shǒu

凶手

“Isn't the murderer”

bú shì yǐ zài láo zhōng CURRENT FOCUS

不是 已在牢中

“already in custody?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN xià guān míng bái

下官明白

“I understand.”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: CLARIFYING INFORMATION
Tone: INQUISITIVE
Emotion: SUSPICION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You think the case is closed, but you're missing the bigger picture.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Socratic Guidance in Mentorship

Higher-ranking mentors in historical detective dramas frequently ask leading rhetorical questions rather than giving direct answers, nudging subordinates to deduce the truth.

INTENT TAGS: #interrogation #probing #rhetorical_question #verification
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
不是已在 SPOKEN CHUNK

isn't [someone] already in...

A rhetorical phrasing used to verify a presumed fact while implicitly questioning its completeness.

在牢中 SPOKEN CHUNK

in prison; behind bars

A formal, classical way of saying someone is incarcerated.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 5 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

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