《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E15 (05:35)
HSK 7
xǐ jiǎo de wēi lì zhè me dà ma
洗脚的威力这么大吗
“Is soaking feet really that frightening?”
《Pursuit of Jade》
S1·E15
TIMECODE: 05:35
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
hái shì xǐ jiǎo bǎ tā xià zhe le
“Or did the foot-soaking scare him?”
xǐ jiǎo de wēi lì zhè me dà ma
CURRENT FOCUS
洗脚的威力 这么大 吗
“Is soaking feet really that frightening?”
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Scene:
Daily Life
Function:
EXPRESSING BEWILDERMENT
Tone:
TEASING
Emotion:
SURPRISE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Are you serious? It was just foot-washing, why are you freaking out like that?”
💡 Cultural Insight: Humorous Exaggeration (Weili)
Using grandiose terms like 'weili' (might/power) to describe mundane domestic acts like washing feet is a common comedic device in spoken Chinese.
INTENT TAGS:
#incredulity
#teasing
#rhetorical_question
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1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
这么大吗
SPOKEN CHUNK
is it really this big/powerful?
Used in rhetorical or genuine questions expressing surprise at the extent or scale of an effect.
Modal Particle「吗」 (ma)
CHANGE OF STATE
Marks a yes-no question with an underlying tone of doubt or incredulity.
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1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
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