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《Wishing Upon the Shooting Stars》 S1·E8 (23:05) HSK 2
nǐ bú shì shuō wǎn shàng guò lái

你不是说晚上过来

“Didn't you say you'd come over tonight?”

《Wishing Upon the Shooting Stars》 S1·E8
TIMECODE: 23:05 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wèi

喂

nǐ bú shì shuō wǎn shàng guò lái CURRENT FOCUS

你不是说 晚上 过来

“Didn't you say you'd come over tonight?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǎn zhé

宛哲

“Wanzhe.”

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Scene: Social & Dating
Function: CHECKING PLANS
Tone: INQUISITIVE
Emotion: ANNOYANCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Where are you? I'm waiting for you.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Rhetorical Questioning for Accountability

Using '你不是...' (didn't you...) is a prevalent strategy in close Chinese relationships to demand accountability without needing formal accusations.

INTENT TAGS: #checking_status #accountability #inquiry #impatience
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
你不是说 SPOKEN CHUNK

didn't you say

A common conversational pattern used to confront someone with their own prior statements.

过来 SPOKEN CHUNK

to come over

Used when asking or expecting someone to visit the speaker's current location.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 6 GRAMMAR
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