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《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E10 (23:40) HSK 7
nín jué de xiàn zài nián qīng rén shēng bìng hěn xī qí ma

您觉得现在年轻人生病 很稀奇吗

“(Authorized Representative. Defendant) Do you really find it so hard to believe a young man can get ill?”

《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E10
TIMECODE: 23:40 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zhè xiǎo zi wèi le bù lái shá dōu néng hú chě

“(Authorized Representative. Plaintiff) He'll say anything to avoid showing up.”

nín jué de xiàn zài nián qīng rén shēng bìng hěn xī qí ma CURRENT FOCUS

您 觉得 现在年轻 人生 病 很稀奇 吗

“(Authorized Representative. Defendant) Do you really find it so hard to believe a young man can get ill?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN xiàng féng shèng lì zhè yàng chū shēng zài nóng cūn

像冯胜利这样出生在农村

“Feng Shengli was born in the countryside”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: REBUTTAL
Tone: DEFIANT
Emotion: INDIGNATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Stop assuming he's lying; young people really are burning out and falling ill.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Subversion via Honorifics

Using the respectful address '您' (nin) while delivering a sharp, contrarian counterpoint allows a subordinate to push back firmly without technically breaching hierarchy etiquette.

INTENT TAGS: #defending_another #pushing_back #rhetorical_challenge #counter_argument
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
很稀奇吗 SPOKEN CHUNK

is it so bizarre?; is that so strange?

A rhetorical question used to normalize something the listener is unfairly treating as impossible or suspicious.

Modal Particle「吗」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Converts the statement into a rhetorical question to challenge the interlocutor's mindset.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
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