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《Road to Success》 S1·E5 (27:26) HSK 7
zuó tiān wǎn shàng nǐ bú shì chán dé shuì bù zhe jué ma

昨天晚上你不是馋得睡不着觉吗

“Weren't you so excited you couldn't sleep last night?”

《Road to Success》 S1·E5
TIMECODE: 27:26 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN qín áo hái méi dào shí jiān ne nán dùn qīng xùn de dà jiào liàn āi

秦敖还没到时间呢 南顿青训的大教练哎

“Qin Ao, it's not time yet. -A former Nanton youth coach. -What?”

zuó tiān wǎn shàng nǐ bú shì chán dé shuì bù zhe jué ma CURRENT FOCUS

昨天晚上你不是馋得睡不着觉吗

“Weren't you so excited you couldn't sleep last night?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ jiù shì qù mǎi píng qì shuǐ

“I'm just going to buy a soda.”

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Scene: Daily Life
Function: COUNTERING OBJECTION
Tone: CHALLENGING
Emotion: SKEPTICISM
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Don't pretend you're just casually stepping out—you were desperate for treats all night.”
💡 Cultural Insight: The Verb 'Chan' (馋) in Food Culture

Unlike the clinical 'hungry' (饿), '馋' specifically denotes a craving for delicious flavors or snacks and is used affectionately among friends without moral judgment.

INTENT TAGS: #confronting #teasing #calling_out #reminding
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
不是……吗 SPOKEN CHUNK

didn't you...? / isn't it true that...?

A rhetorical question pattern used to point out a known fact or highlight a contradiction.

馋得睡不着觉 SPOKEN CHUNK

craving food so badly one cannot sleep

An exaggerated, highly colloquial predicate complement describing intense hunger or craving for snacks.

Modal Particle「吗」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Converts the rhetorical assertion into a tag-style question challenging the listener's consistency.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 2 GRAMMAR
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