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《Eight Hundred》 S1·E19 (07:03) HSK 4
nǐ men yì zhí zài diào chá xiǎo huī shì ba

你们一直在调查小辉是吧

“investigating Hui all this time.”

《Eight Hundred》 S1·E19
TIMECODE: 07:03 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zhè duàn shí jiān

这段时间

“that you've been”

nǐ men yì zhí zài diào chá xiǎo huī shì ba CURRENT FOCUS

你们 一直在调查 小辉 是吧

“investigating Hui all this time.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN zhè cì shì shì jú zài diào chá tā

这次是市局在调查他

“It's the municipal PSB investigating him.”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: SEEKING CONFIRMATION
Tone: PROBING
Emotion: SUSPICION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Don't bother hiding it anymore; I know you have been tracking Xiaohui.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Probing through Tag Questions

In Chinese interpersonal dynamics, framing a confrontation with a tag question like '是吧' provides an opening for the other party to clarify before outright accusing them.

INTENT TAGS: #confrontation #probing #seeking_confirmation #direct_questioning
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
一直在 SPOKEN CHUNK

all along; continuously

Used before a verb to emphasize an uninterrupted action persisting over a period of time.

是吧 SPOKEN CHUNK

right?; isn't it?

A common tag placed at the end of a statement to seek agreement or verify a strong assumption.

Modal Particle「吧」 (ba) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens the inquiry while indicating the speaker already strongly presumes the answer is yes.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
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