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《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E4 (35:36) HSK 5
shuí duì shuí cuò bú shì yī yǎn jiù néng kàn míng bái ma

谁对谁错 不是一眼就能看明白吗

“Who's right and who's wrong, isn't it obvious at a glance?”

《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E4
TIMECODE: 35:36 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zhè me duō nián de chén zhī má làn gǔ zi de shì dōu gěi nǐ dǎo téng yī biàn

这么多年的陈芝麻烂谷子的事 都给你倒腾一遍

“over so many years, all the old grievances.”

shuí duì shuí cuò bú shì yī yǎn jiù néng kàn míng bái ma CURRENT FOCUS

谁对谁错 不是 一眼就能看明白 吗

“Who's right and who's wrong, isn't it obvious at a glance?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN shā jī yān yòng zǎi niú dāo shì ba

杀鸡焉用宰牛刀是吧

“Why use a sledgehammer to crack a nut, right?”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: DISMISSIVE CLARIFICATION
Tone: DISMISSIVE
Emotion: IMPATIENCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Stop rehashing all this ancient history; it's plain as day who messed up.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Rhetorical Questioning for Dominance (Fanti)

Chinese speakers frequently employ negative rhetorical questions ('不是……吗') to express strong confidence, dismiss redundant chatter, and seize discursive control.

INTENT TAGS: #dismissal #assertion #impatience #rhetorical_question
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
谁对谁错 SPOKEN CHUNK

who is right and who is wrong

A fixed four-character phrase used when summarizing liability or moral responsibility in a dispute.

一眼就能看明白 SPOKEN CHUNK

clear at a single glance / completely obvious

An idiomatic spoken pattern used to emphasize that something requires no deep explanation or debate.

Modal Particle「吗」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Marks a rhetorical question to strongly assert an obvious truth.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 3 GRAMMAR
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