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《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E21 (00:51) HSK 5
nà ge chǎng zi jué duì yǒu wèn tí

那个厂子绝对有问题

“There must be something wrong with that factory.”

《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E21
TIMECODE: 00:51 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nà ge chǎng zi jué duì yǒu wèn tí

“there must be something wrong with that factory.”

nà ge chǎng zi jué duì yǒu wèn tí CURRENT FOCUS

那个 厂子 绝对有问题

“There must be something wrong with that factory.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN ā yí

阿姨

“Ms. Zhang.”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: ASSERTING SUSPICION
Tone: ASSERTIVE
Emotion: SUSPICION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Mark my words, they are hiding something dirty and we need to look into it.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Calling Out Irregularities (有问题)

In spoken Chinese, 'you wenti' (has problems) often serves as a euphemism or direct accusation of corruption, environmental violations, or illegality rather than a mere technical malfunction.

INTENT TAGS: #accusation #conviction #alerting #suspicion
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

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绝对有问题 SPOKEN CHUNK

definitely fishy / certainly something wrong

A very common colloquial expression used to express strong conviction that something is shady, flawed, or irregular.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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