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《The Knockout》 S1·E33 (37:30) HSK 3
gāng cái tā jìn lái nǐ méi kàn jiàn ma

刚才他进来 你没看见吗

“Didn't you see him when he came in?”

《The Knockout》 S1·E33
TIMECODE: 37:30 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nǐ shì bú shì yǎn jīng xiā

“Are you blind?”

gāng cái tā jìn lái nǐ méi kàn jiàn ma CURRENT FOCUS

刚才他进来 你 没看见吗

“Didn't you see him when he came in?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wèi shén me bù lǐng tā jìn lái

为什么不领他进来

“Why didn't you bring him in?”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: REBUKING
Tone: ACCUSATORY
Emotion: ANGER
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You clearly saw him, so why were you just sitting there instead of greeting him properly?”
💡 Cultural Insight: Hospitality and Attentiveness (有眼力见)

In Chinese workplace and social hierarchies, subordinates are expected to possess 'yanlijian'—the proactive ability to notice guests arriving and immediately attend to them without being told.

INTENT TAGS: #rebuking #reprimand #interrogation #criticism
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
刚才 SPOKEN CHUNK

just now; a moment ago

A common temporal noun used at the start of sentences to refer to actions that occurred in the immediate past.

你没看见吗 SPOKEN CHUNK

didn't you see?

A rhetorical negative question often used confrontational tone to criticize someone's lack of situational awareness.

Modal Particle「吗」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Forms a rhetorical negative question that emphasizes the speaker's disbelief and annoyance.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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