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《Unsettled Case》 S1·E3 (36:20) HSK 6
- nǐ bù xìn jiào ma ? - bù zài xìn le

- 你不信教吗? - 不再信了

“- So you're not religious? - Not anymore.”

《Unsettled Case》 S1·E3
TIMECODE: 36:20 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wǒ bǎo liú le tā men zhǐ shì yīn wèi tā men ràng rén hěn píng jìng

我保留了它们 只是因为它们让人很平静

“I only keep them up because they're calming.”

- nǐ bù xìn jiào ma ? - bù zài xìn le CURRENT FOCUS

- 你不信 教 吗 ? - 不再 信 了

“- So you're not religious? - Not anymore.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN bù xìn le

不信了

“[sighing] No.”

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Scene: Social & Dating
Function: SHARING PERSONAL BELIEF
Tone: REFLECTIVE
Emotion: CALMNESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Secular Pragmatism

In contemporary Chinese culture, religious attitudes are often treated casually or pragmatically rather than as rigid identities.

INTENT TAGS: #inquiry #disclosure #clarification
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 2 PARTICLES
信教 SPOKEN CHUNK

to practice a religion; to be religious

Standard conversational term for religious belief or affiliation in modern Chinese.

不再 SPOKEN CHUNK

no longer; not anymore

Used before verbs to indicate the cessation of a previous state, habit, or belief.

Modal Particle「吗」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Forms a standard yes-or-no question checking an assumption.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Marks a change of state, showing the speaker used to believe but no longer does.

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1 EXPR · 6 GRAMMAR
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