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《Sunsets Secrets Regrets》 S1·E23 (29:17) HSK 1
tā bìng bú shì qī yán duì bú duì

他并不是戚严 对不对

“he was not Qi Yan, right?”

《Sunsets Secrets Regrets》 S1·E23
TIMECODE: 29:17 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN kě shì nǐ rèn wéi

可是你认为

“But you think”

tā bìng bú shì qī yán duì bú duì CURRENT FOCUS

他 并不是 戚严 对不对

“he was not Qi Yan, right?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN qī zhēn de shēng huó bù róng yì

戚真的生活不容易

“Qi Zhen's life was really difficult.”

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Scene: Social & Dating
Function: SEEKING CONFIRMATION
Tone: ASSERTIVE
Emotion: SUSPICION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Stop avoiding the topic and admit that you know who he really is.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Indirect Confrontation

Instead of accusing someone outright of lying, speakers often use confirmation-seeking tag questions to prompt the other person to concede the truth voluntarily.

INTENT TAGS: #seeking_confirmation #probing #uncovering_truth #challenging
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
并不是 SPOKEN CHUNK

not at all; definitely not

Use this structure to emphasize an emphatic negation or to correct an erroneous assumption.

对不对 SPOKEN CHUNK

right?; isn't that so?

A conversational tag question used at the end of a statement to seek confirmation or buy-in from the listener.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
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