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《Sunsets Secrets Regrets》 S1·E24 (36:54) HSK 7
shì gù nǐ de rén jiào nǐ zhè me shuō de ba

是雇你的人教你这么说的吧

“The person who hired you told you to say that, right?”

《Sunsets Secrets Regrets》 S1·E24
TIMECODE: 36:54 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN kě xī nǐ méi kàn zhe

可惜你没看着

“Too bad you didn't see it.”

shì gù nǐ de rén jiào nǐ zhè me shuō de ba CURRENT FOCUS

是 雇你 的人 教你这么说的 吧

“The person who hired you told you to say that, right?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN ràng wǒ xiǎng xiǎng tā hái jiào le nǐ shén me

“Let me think what else he taught you.”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: CHALLENGING STATEMENT
Tone: PROBING
Emotion: SKEPTICISM
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Don't bother lying to me; I know someone paid you to feed me this script.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Psychological Interrogation Tactics

In Chinese criminal investigation culture, investigators often assert speculative assumptions as settled facts to dismantle a suspect's psychological defenses.

INTENT TAGS: #probing #confrontation #skepticism #intimidation
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
教你这么说的 SPOKEN CHUNK

taught you to say this

Use when calling someone out for repeating talking points or reciting a prepared cover story.

Modal Particle「吧」 (ba) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens the interrogative slightly while soliciting confirmation of an assumption the speaker is already confident about.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 2 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

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