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《Million-Follower Detective》 S1·E2 (25:41) HSK 6
āi yǒu méi yǒu jǐng chá qù wèn nǐ wǎ zǎi de shì qíng ?

哎 有没有警察去问你瓦仔的事情?

“Did the police ask you about Wa Zai yet?”

《Million-Follower Detective》 S1·E2
TIMECODE: 25:41 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN mā de zěn me huì zhè yàng a ?

“[friend] Fuck, man! How did this happen, man?”

āi yǒu méi yǒu jǐng chá qù wèn nǐ wǎ zǎi de shì qíng ? CURRENT FOCUS

哎 有没有警察去问你 瓦仔 的事情 ?

“Did the police ask you about Wa Zai yet?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN méi yǒu a

没有啊

“- [friend] Not yet. - If they do, don't say anything.”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: INQUIRING INFORMATION
Tone: URGENT
Emotion: ANXIETY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Are the cops onto us yet? Did you give anything away?”
💡 Cultural Insight: Streetwise Complicity and Caution

In close-knit or illicit peer networks, checking whether someone has been contacted by the police serves to gauge collective legal exposure and maintain group silence.

INTENT TAGS: #investigating #checking #risk_assessment #probing
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
有没有 SPOKEN CHUNK

did... or not / have you or haven't you

A common spoken way to form yes-no questions in Mandarin, especially in southern and Taiwanese varieties.

的事情 SPOKEN CHUNK

matter concerning / business regarding

Placed after a noun or person's name to refer generally to things related to that topic or person.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 8 GRAMMAR
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