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《Light to the Night》 S1·E21 (30:38) HSK 4
nà nà ge tuì huò de rén zhǎng shén me yàng zi ? nín hái yǒu yìn xiàng ma ?

那那个退货的人长什么样子? 您还有印象吗?

“What did the person who returned it look like? Do you remember?”

《Light to the Night》 S1·E21
TIMECODE: 30:38 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN suǒ yǐ guì tái zhè biān jiù zuò le xiāo dān chǔ lǐ

所以柜台这边就做了消单处理

“So the counter canceled the order.”

nà nà ge tuì huò de rén zhǎng shén me yàng zi ? nín hái yǒu yìn xiàng ma ? CURRENT FOCUS

那 那个 退货 的 人 长什么样子 ? 您 还有印象吗 ?

“What did the person who returned it look like? Do you remember?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN bú shì wǒ bàn lǐ de tuì huò wǒ shì zài zuò nà tiān bào biǎo de shí hòu

不是我办理的退货 我是在做那天报表的时候

“I didn't handle the return. I only found the order while making that day's report.”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: SEEKING INFORMATION
Tone: PROBING AND POLITE
Emotion: CURIOSITY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Indirectness in Memory Verification

Asking '您还有印象吗' (Do you have an impression?) is less demanding than asking directly '你认得他吗' (Do you recognize him?), easing pressure on the interviewee.

INTENT TAGS: #investigation #identification #witness_check #probing
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
长什么样子 SPOKEN CHUNK

what someone looks like

Slightly more conversational variant of '长什么样', used to elicit visual appearance.

有印象 SPOKEN CHUNK

to have an impression / to recall

Use this collocation when asking if someone has even a faint memory of a person or event.

Modal Particle「吗」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Forms a polite direct question asking whether the listener remembers.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
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