《Unsettled Case》 S1·E1 (10:45)
HSK 3
nǐ bú shì yīng gāi yào wèn wǒ yī xiē wèn tí ma ？
你不是应该要问我一些问题吗？
“Aren't you supposed to ask me some questions?”
《Unsettled Case》
S1·E1
TIMECODE: 10:45
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
- liú zhe ba - xiè xiè
- 留着吧 - 谢谢
“- Keep it. - Thank you.”
nǐ bú shì yīng gāi yào wèn wǒ yī xiē wèn tí ma ？
CURRENT FOCUS
你 不是应该 要 问我 一些问题 吗？
“Aren't you supposed to ask me some questions?”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
wǒ kě yǐ wèn huò zhě wǒ men yě kě yǐ jì xù jiù zhè me zuò zhe zhè 50 fēn zhōng yóu nǐ dìng
我可以问 或者我们也可以 继续就这么坐着 这50分钟由你定
“I can, or we can just keep sitting here. It's your 50 minutes.”
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Scene:
Medical & Health
Function:
SEEKING CLARIFICATION
Tone:
INQUISITIVE
Emotion:
CONFUSION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Why are you just sitting there? Do your job and break this awkward silence.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Expectation of Professional Authority
In Chinese communicative norms, clients often expect professionals or authority figures to take the lead rather than leaving unstructured silence.
INTENT TAGS:
#prompting
#clarification
#discomfort
#expectation
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1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
不是应该
SPOKEN CHUNK
aren't you supposed to / shouldn't it be
Used in rhetorical questions to point out an unmet expectation or deviation from routine.
Modal Particle「吗」 (ma)
CHANGE OF STATE
Turns the statement into a standard rhetorical confirmation question, expressing mild surprise or doubt.
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2 EXPR · 15 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
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《Unsettled Case》 S1·E1 (10:45) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus