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《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E4 (19:06) HSK 5
nà rén shì nǐ zhǎo lái de shén me jiào wǒ zhǎo lái de ya

那人是你找来的 什么叫我找来的呀

“You arranged for that person to come, didn't you? What do you mean I arranged it?”

《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E4
TIMECODE: 19:06 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN bú shì zěn me huí shì kǎ hái méi tuì ne

“Wait, what's going on? I haven't gotten my deposit back yet.”

nà rén shì nǐ zhǎo lái de shén me jiào wǒ zhǎo lái de ya CURRENT FOCUS

那人是你 找来 的 什么叫我找来的呀

“You arranged for that person to come, didn't you? What do you mean I arranged it?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN ǒu yù chún cuì ǒu yù yǒu zhè me qiǎo de shì

“It was a coincidence, purely a coincidence. What are the odds?”

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Scene: Daily Life
Function: DEFLECTING ACCUSATION
Tone: INDIGNANT
Emotion: DEFENSIVENESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Don't pin this on me, I had nothing to do with it!”
💡 Cultural Insight: Defensive Retorts in Daily Conflicts

Using 'what do you mean by...' echoes the opponent's words to signal that their accusation crosses a boundary and lacks foundation.

INTENT TAGS: #denial #deflection #protest #counter_questioning
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
什么叫 SPOKEN CHUNK

what do you mean by...

Use this rhetorical pattern to challenge someone's unfair accusation or framing.

找来的 SPOKEN CHUNK

brought along / recruited / summoned

Commonly used in spoken Chinese to imply that someone intentionally arranged for a person to show up.

Modal Particle「呀」 (ya) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens the rhetorical challenge slightly while emphasizing the speaker's disbelief and protest.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 2 GRAMMAR
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