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《Agent from Above》 S1·E6 (10:15) HSK 4
nǐ men bú shì yīng gāi jiāng nà xiē fàn rén shéng zhī yú fǎ ma ?

你们不是应该 将那些犯人绳之于法吗?

“Aren't you supposed to bring criminals to justice, huh?”

《Agent from Above》 S1·E6
TIMECODE: 10:15 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nǐ men bú shì yīng gāi zhuā huài rén de ma ?

“Why didn't you stop this happening?”

nǐ men bú shì yīng gāi jiāng nà xiē fàn rén shéng zhī yú fǎ ma ? CURRENT FOCUS

你们 不是应该 将 那 些犯人 绳之于法 吗?

“Aren't you supposed to bring criminals to justice, huh?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nǐ tā mā de fèi wù !

你他妈的废物!

“Fuck you! Useless!”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: CHALLENGING AUTHORITY
Tone: ACCUSATORY
Emotion: ANGER
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You're useless and corrupt; you aren't doing your damn job.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Public Expectation of Justice (替天行道 / 秉公执法)

Citizens expect authorities to actively suppress evil; when police fail, public outrage focuses directly on the dereliction of sacred moral duty.

INTENT TAGS: #confrontation #questioning #condemning #holding_accountable
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
绳之于法 SPOKEN CHUNK

to bring to justice; to punish according to the law

A formal four-character idiom (often '绳之以法') frequently used in legal and police contexts to denote holding criminals accountable.

不是应该 SPOKEN CHUNK

aren't (you) supposed to...

A rhetorical device used to call out an obvious failure of obligation or duty.

Modal Particle「吗」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Turns the statement into a sharp rhetorical question, emphasizing the moral contradiction.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 16 GRAMMAR
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