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《Veil of Shadows》 S1·E14 (21:57) HSK 1
- xīng shí ? - nǐ bú shì yě kàn dào le ma ?

- 星石? - 你不是也看到了吗?

“- The Star Stone? - Didn't you see it too?”

《Veil of Shadows》 S1·E14
TIMECODE: 21:57 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN shì xīng shí xiǎng ràng tā men zhī dào dá àn

是星石想让他们知道答案

“It's the Star Stone that wants them to know the answers.”

- xīng shí ? - nǐ bú shì yě kàn dào le ma ? CURRENT FOCUS

- 星石? - 你 不是也看到了 吗 ?

“- The Star Stone? - Didn't you see it too?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN jiù shì xié líng xí

就是邪灵觋

“It's Xie Lingxi.”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: CHALLENGING
Tone: CONFRONTATIONAL
Emotion: SKEPTICISM
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Stop playing dumb; you saw it just as clearly as I did.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Rhetorical Questioning (Fanwen)

In spoken Chinese, rhetorical negative questions often carry a sharp edge, accusing the other person of insincerity or playing dumb.

INTENT TAGS: #challenge #pointing_out #confrontation #disbelief
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
你不是也……吗 SPOKEN CHUNK

didn't you also...?

A rhetorical pattern used to point out an obvious fact that the listener should already know.

Modal Particle「吗」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Marks a rhetorical question to demand affirmation of the obvious truth.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 5 GRAMMAR
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