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《Wishing Upon the Shooting Stars》 S1·E2 (25:33) HSK 2
wǒ yě bù zhī dào tā jǐ diǎn huì huí lái

我也不知道他几点会回来

“I don't know when he'll be back.”

《Wishing Upon the Shooting Stars》 S1·E2
TIMECODE: 25:33 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN rán hòu ne

然后呢

“And honestly,”

wǒ yě bù zhī dào tā jǐ diǎn huì huí lái CURRENT FOCUS

我也不知道他几点会回来

“I don't know when he'll be back.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN suǒ yǐ ne bù hǎo yì sī

“So... sorry about that.”

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Scene: Daily Life
Function: DISCLAIMING KNOWLEDGE
Emotion: HELPLESSNESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“There is no point in waiting here or asking me, because I truly cannot help you.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Polite Boundary-Setting

Using 'also don't know' (ye bu zhidao) allows the speaker to deflect someone else's inquiry gently without appearing intentionally unhelpful or uncooperative.

INTENT TAGS: #deflection #disclaiming_knowledge #boundary_setting #hedging
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
也不知道 SPOKEN CHUNK

also don't know

A common conversational hedge used to deflect inquiries politely and align with the inquirer's uncertainty.

几点 SPOKEN CHUNK

what time

Essential everyday question chunk used to ask for the exact hour or time.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 3 GRAMMAR
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