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《The Knockout》 S1·E32 (35:04) HSK 7
nǐ yě shì zuò piān zi de duō jiǔ nǐ bù zhī dào a

你也是做片子的 多久你不知道啊

“You also make videos. Don't you know how long it'll take?”

《The Knockout》 S1·E32
TIMECODE: 35:04 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zhè ge zuò wán dà gài yào duō jiǔ

这个 做完大概要多久

“How long will it take to finish it?”

nǐ yě shì zuò piān zi de duō jiǔ nǐ bù zhī dào a CURRENT FOCUS

你 也是 做片子的 多久你不知道啊

“You also make videos. Don't you know how long it'll take?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN kě yǐ le kě yǐ le

可以了 可以了

“That's long enough.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: RHETORICAL REBUTTAL
Tone: DEFENSIVE
Emotion: FRUSTRATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Stop asking foolish questions, you know very well this takes time.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Peer Expectations in High-Pressure Industries

Among industry peers, especially in fast-paced media production, asking obvious timeline questions is often met with blunt pushback rather than standard polite replies.

INTENT TAGS: #deflection #rhetorical_question #frustration #pushback
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
做片子 SPOKEN CHUNK

to produce videos or films

A very common colloquial industry term used among media professionals to describe editing or video production.

你不知道啊 SPOKEN CHUNK

don't you already know?

A rhetorical question pattern used to express mild annoyance when someone asks something obvious.

Modal Particle「啊」 (a) CHANGE OF STATE

Converts the statement into an emphatic rhetorical question highlighting exasperation.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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