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《Light to the Night》 S1·E22 (41:16) HSK 3
nǐ shì bú shì yòu fàn bìng le ?

你是不是又犯病了?

“Are you acting up again?”

《Light to the Night》 S1·E22
TIMECODE: 41:16 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nǐ shì bú shì yòu xiǎng chá 1997 nián de àn zi ?

你是不是又想查1997年的案子?

“because you want to investigate the case from 1997 again?”

nǐ shì bú shì yòu fàn bìng le ? CURRENT FOCUS

你 是不是又 犯病了 ?

“Are you acting up again?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ nǎo zi hǎo de hěn bié tīng tā men hú shuō bā dào

“My mind is perfectly fine. Don't listen to their nonsense.”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: CHALLENGING SANITY
Tone: ACCUSATORY
Emotion: FRUSTRATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You are acting completely crazy again by obsessing over this old case; stop it!”
💡 Cultural Insight: Metaphorical Use of Illness in Reprimand

In spoken Chinese, accusing someone of 'relapsing' or 'falling ill' is a common colloquial way to criticize irrational persistence or eccentric fixation rather than a literal clinical diagnosis.

INTENT TAGS: #confronting #accusing #dissuading #expressing_frustration
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
犯病 SPOKEN CHUNK

have a relapse; act crazy

Literally means a medical illness relapse, but colloquially used to reprimand someone acting irrationally or obstinately.

你是不是……了 SPOKEN CHUNK

are you... / did you... again?

Used to question someone when the speaker strongly suspects an undesirable behavior has resumed.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Indicates a newly emerged state or change, emphasizing that the erratic behavior has started again.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
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