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《The Lead》 S1·E9 (13:44) HSK 2
gé wěi huì hái bú shì jiù nǐ shuō le suàn ma

革委会还不是就你说了算吗

“Don't you run the Revolutionary Committee?”

《The Lead》 S1·E9
TIMECODE: 13:44 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN yào jīng guò gé wěi huì tǎo lùn jué dìng ne

要经过革委会讨论决定呢

“The Revolutionary Committee must decide.”

gé wěi huì hái bú shì jiù nǐ shuō le suàn ma CURRENT FOCUS

革委会 还不是 就你 说了算 吗

“Don't you run the Revolutionary Committee?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN néng bù tǎo lùn bù

能不讨论不

“Can we skip the discussion?”

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Scene: Historical & Court
Function: CHALLENGING AUTHORITY
Tone: ASSERTIVE
Emotion: FRUSTRATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Don't hide behind procedure; everyone knows you make all the calls.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Appealing to Personal Power Over Bureaucracy

In historical Chinese bureaucratic systems, individuals often sought informal intervention from top leaders who wielded decisive, unchecked authority.

INTENT TAGS: #challenging #lobbying #calling_out #pleading
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
还不是 SPOKEN CHUNK

isn't it just; after all

Used to point out what the speaker considers an obvious or undeniable reality.

说了算 SPOKEN CHUNK

have the final say; be in charge

A common colloquial idiom used to identify who holds true decision-making power.

Modal Particle「吗」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Turns the statement into a rhetorical question to demand agreement or challenge a premise.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 3 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

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《The Lead》 S1·E9 (13:44) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus