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《Lady Liberty》 S1·E4 (37:50) HSK 6
zhè jiàn shì qíng yě bù jiù gōng kāi le ma

这件事情也不就公开了吗

“won't everything become public?”

《Lady Liberty》 S1·E4
TIMECODE: 37:50 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN kě zhè yàng yī lái

可这样一来

“But if you do that,”

zhè jiàn shì qíng yě bù jiù gōng kāi le ma CURRENT FOCUS

这件事情 也不 就 公开了 吗

“won't everything become public?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN dào shí hòu

到时候

“Aren't you worried”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: POINTING OUT CONSEQUENCES
Tone: CAUTIONARY
Emotion: ANXIETY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“If we do that, everyone will find out and we cannot keep it quiet.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Rhetorical Questioning for Caution

Using negative rhetorical questions in Chinese allows a speaker to advise or warn without sounding overtly bossy.

INTENT TAGS: #warning #anticipation #caution #questioning
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
也不就……了吗 SPOKEN CHUNK

wouldn't it just... then?

A rhetorical grammatical pattern used to stress an inevitable, often undesirable outcome.

公开 SPOKEN CHUNK

to become public / open

Commonly used to describe making information, plans, or relationships public.

Modal Particle「吗」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Turns the rhetorical assertion into a question to prompt realization from the listener.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 2 GRAMMAR
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