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《Vanished Name》 S1·E21 (23:26) HSK 4
nà nǐ zǎ zhī dào wǒ zài qìng zhōu dǎ gōng a shuí gēn nǐ jiǎng de

那你咋知道我在庆州打工啊 谁跟你讲的

“How did you know I worked in Qingzhou? Who told you? I never told you.”

《Vanished Name》 S1·E21
TIMECODE: 23:26 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wǒ cái méi yǒu ne

我才没有呢

“I did not.”

nà nǐ zǎ zhī dào wǒ zài qìng zhōu dǎ gōng a shuí gēn nǐ jiǎng de CURRENT FOCUS

那 你咋知道 我在庆州 打工 啊 谁跟你讲的

“How did you know I worked in Qingzhou? Who told you? I never told you.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ méi gēn nǐ jiǎng guò

我没跟你讲过

“Who told you? I never told you.”

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Scene: Social & Dating
Function: INQUIRING SOURCE
Tone: INQUISITIVE
Emotion: CURIOSITY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You are clearly keeping tabs on me—admit who told you.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Migrant Work Dynamic (Dagong)

Moving away to regional hubs for work (dagong) is a common life stage in modern China, often leading to shared curiosity or gossip within one's home social circle.

INTENT TAGS: #inquiry #probing #curiosity #interrogation
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
打工 SPOKEN CHUNK

to work a temporary or manual job; to work away from home

Commonly used in spoken Chinese to refer to working for wages, especially when working away from one's hometown.

谁跟你讲的 SPOKEN CHUNK

who told you

A colloquial question used to challenge someone's source of private or surprising information.

Modal Particle「啊」 (a) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens the interrogative sentence and signals curiosity rather than harsh interrogation.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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