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《Unsettled Case》 S1·E9 (12:18) HSK 5
shì ma ? nà nǐ jiù quán kào nǐ zì jǐ le duì ba ?

是吗?那你就全靠你自己了 对吧?

“Yeah? So you're all on your own then, eh?”

《Unsettled Case》 S1·E9
TIMECODE: 12:18 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN tā zài lǎng gài hé yí gè lā tā xiǎo biǎo zi nì wāi zài yì qǐ

他在朗盖 和一个邋遢小婊子腻歪在一起

“He's shacked up with some sloppy little whore over in Longay.”

shì ma ? nà nǐ jiù quán kào nǐ zì jǐ le duì ba ? CURRENT FOCUS

是吗 ? 那 你就 全靠你自己 了 对吧 ?

“Yeah? So you're all on your own then, eh?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ yǒu liè qiāng fǒu zé jiù zhǐ yǒu wǒ hé niǎo shǐ le

我有猎枪 否则就只有我和鸟屎了

“I've got my shotgun. Otherwise, it's just me and the bird shite.”

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Scene: Daily Life
Function: SEEKING CONFIRMATION
Tone: PROBING
Emotion: SKEPTICISM
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You're completely stranded out here with zero backup.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Empathetic Confirmation

Using questions like '对吧' after stating a tough reality helps soften the blow while urging the other party to acknowledge their true situation.

INTENT TAGS: #probing #confirmation #highlighting_isolation #prompting
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 2 PARTICLES
全靠 SPOKEN CHUNK

rely entirely on

Use this collocation when emphasizing that a specific outcome or situation depends exclusively on one person or factor.

对吧 SPOKEN CHUNK

right?; isn't that so?

Add to the end of a statement to seek confirmation or nudge the listener into agreeing with your deduction.

Modal Particle「吗」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Turns the statement '是' into a mild, rhetorical confirmation marker meaning 'really?' or 'is that so?'.

Modal Particle「吧」 (ba) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens the assertion at the end of the sentence to request consensus or confirmation from the listener.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 9 GRAMMAR
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