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《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E24 (07:19) HSK 2
dà wǎn shàng hái ràng bù ràng rén shuì jiào le

大晚上还让不让人睡觉了

“It's late. I'm trying to sleep!”

《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E24
TIMECODE: 07:19 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN pēi pēi pēi

呸呸呸

“Bah! Bah! Bah!”

dà wǎn shàng hái ràng bù ràng rén shuì jiào le CURRENT FOCUS

大晚上 还让 不让 人睡觉了

“It's late. I'm trying to sleep!”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nǐ cóng nǎ ge shān shàng xià lái de

你从哪个山上下来的

“Which mountain are you from?”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: REBUKING DISTURBANCE
Tone: HOSTILE
Emotion: ANGER
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Shut up and let me sleep!”
💡 Cultural Insight: Rhetorical Rebuke via Negative Questioning

Chinese speakers often vent frustration through the rhetorical frame '还让不让...了' rather than an outright command to stop.

INTENT TAGS: #complaint #scolding #venting #demanding_silence
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
大晚上 SPOKEN CHUNK

in the dead of night; late at night

Used to emphasize that an untimely action or noise is particularly disruptive due to the late hour.

还让不让……了 SPOKEN CHUNK

are you going to let [someone] ... or what?

A rhetorical complaint pattern expressing strong exasperation towards an inconsiderate intrusion.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Used at the end of the rhetorical complaint to intensify the speaker's impatient and exasperated mood.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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