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《Light to the Night》 S1·E12 (10:01) HSK 1
nǐ dāng ěr páng fēng shì ba ?

你当耳旁风 是吧?

“Did you take that as nothing?”

《Light to the Night》 S1·E12
TIMECODE: 10:01 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN xiǎng gǎo yuè duì ná dà xué lù qǔ tōng zhī shū lái huàn

“If you want to start a band, bring me a university admission letter in exchange.”

nǐ dāng ěr páng fēng shì ba ? CURRENT FOCUS

你 当耳旁风 是吧 ?

“Did you take that as nothing?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN dōu gěi wǒ bān huí qù

都给我搬回去

“Move everything back!”

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Scene: Family & Home
Function: REPRIMANDING
Tone: STERN AND CONFRONTATIONAL
Emotion: ANGER
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You deliberately ignored my rule, and now there will be consequences.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Parental Authority and Academic Prerequisite

In Chinese parenting culture, extracurricular passions like music are often strictly conditioned on academic success, particularly securing a college admission.

INTENT TAGS: #reprimand #asserting_authority #accusation #demanding_compliance
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
当耳旁风 SPOKEN CHUNK

to turn a deaf ear / to treat someone's words like a passing breeze

A very common Chinese idiom used when someone completely ignores advice, rules, or warnings.

是吧 SPOKEN CHUNK

isn't that right? / right?

Often used aggressively at the end of a rhetorical accusation to demand submission.

Modal Particle「吧」 (ba) CHANGE OF STATE

Creates a coercive tag question that corners the listener into acknowledging the fault.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
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《Light to the Night》 S1·E12 (10:01) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus