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《How Dare You!?》 S1·E21 (32:44) HSK 6
nǐ shàng shān qián bú shì lì le gè mù biāo ma

你上山前 不是立了个目标吗

“Before you went up the mountain, didn't you set a flag?”

《How Dare You!?》 S1·E21
TIMECODE: 32:44 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wǒ yě shēn yǒu tóng gǎn

我也深有同感

“I feel the same way.”

nǐ shàng shān qián bú shì lì le gè mù biāo ma CURRENT FOCUS

你上山前 不是 立了个目标 吗

“Before you went up the mountain, didn't you set a flag?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN yào gào sù wǒ shén me lái zhe

要告诉我什么来着

“What were you going to tell me?”

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Scene: Social & Dating
Function: PROMPTING RECALL
Tone: INQUIRING
Emotion: CURIOSITY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You made a promise earlier, so out with it already.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Implicit Pressure via Rhetorical Reminders

Framing a reminder as a rhetorical question ('didn't you...?') is a polite, indirect way to hold someone accountable to a past promise without being openly demanding.

INTENT TAGS: #prompting #curiosity #reminding #probing
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
立了个目标 SPOKEN CHUNK

set a goal; established an objective

A standard collocation where '立' means to establish or set up an objective.

不是……吗 SPOKEN CHUNK

didn't...?; isn't it true that...?

A rhetorical question pattern used to prompt the listener's memory or confirm a known shared fact.

Modal Particle「吗」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Marks the rhetorical question prompting confirmation.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 2 GRAMMAR
COLLOQUIAL EXPRESSIONS:
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