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《Unsettled Case》 S1·E3 (30:03) HSK 4
shì gù yì gǎo zá de ma ?

是故意搞砸的吗?

“[softly] Was it deliberately fucked up?”

《Unsettled Case》 S1·E3
TIMECODE: 30:03 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zhè jiù ràng wǒ xiǎng dào yòng lìng yī zhǒng fāng shì kàn dài zhè jiàn shì

“Which brings me to another way of looking at this.”

shì gù yì gǎo zá de ma ? CURRENT FOCUS

是 故意 搞砸 的吗 ?

“[softly] Was it deliberately fucked up?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN shén me shuō zhēn de ma ?

什么 说真的吗?

“What, seriously?”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: CHALLENGING MOTIVE
Tone: SKEPTICAL
Emotion: SUSPICION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Don't pretend this was an accident; did you ruin this deliberately?”
💡 Cultural Insight: Direct Confrontation vs. Face

Directly asking someone if they ruined something on purpose breaks standard face-saving conventions, indicating intense suspicion or urgency in the relationship.

INTENT TAGS: #suspicion #confrontation #probing #skepticism
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
搞砸 SPOKEN CHUNK

to mess up; to screw up; to ruin

Extremely frequent spoken term for ruining a plan, task, or performance.

故意 SPOKEN CHUNK

on purpose; deliberately; intentionally

Placed directly before verbs to emphasize willful action, often with a negative connotation.

Modal Particle「吗」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Turns the statement into a direct question, prompting immediate confirmation or denial.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 5 GRAMMAR
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