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《Eight Hundred》 S1·E14 (13:05) HSK 3
yí dìng shì yǒu wèn tí de

一定是有问题的

“that Tian Jinhai is suspicious.”

《Eight Hundred》 S1·E14
TIMECODE: 13:05 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zhè ge tián jīn hǎi

这个田金海

“I'm sure”

yí dìng shì yǒu wèn tí de CURRENT FOCUS

一定是 有问题的

“that Tian Jinhai is suspicious.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN zhǐ shì wǒ men xiàn zài

只是我们现在

“It's just that we don't have enough evidence yet,”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: ASSERTING SUSPICION
Tone: ASSERTIVE
Emotion: DISTRUST
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Expressing High Conviction via '是...的'

Chinese speakers often frame assertive deductions inside '一定是有问题的' to mark the assertion as an incontrovertible conclusion.

INTENT TAGS: #suspicion #assertion #investigation #certainty
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
有问题 SPOKEN CHUNK

fishy; suspicious; problematic

When applied to a person in spoken Chinese, it often implies they are dishonest, corrupt, or hiding guilt.

一定是 SPOKEN CHUNK

must be; definitely is

Used to convey high certainty based on deductive reasoning.

Modal Particle「的」 (de) CHANGE OF STATE

Functions here in the '是...的' construction to assert certainty and emphasize conviction.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 2 GRAMMAR
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