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《The Guilty》 S1·E7 (12:43) HSK 3
nǐ kàn kàn tā men xìn nǐ de huà bù

你看看他们信你的话不

“See if they believe you.”

《The Guilty》 S1·E7
TIMECODE: 12:43 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN shén jīng bìng a

“Are you crazy?”

nǐ kàn kàn tā men xìn nǐ de huà bù CURRENT FOCUS

你看看 他们 信你的话 不

“See if they believe you.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nǐ zhēn xiǎng gēn wǒ gàn a

你真想跟我干啊

“You really want to work for me?”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: CHALLENGING CREDIBILITY
Tone: PROVOCATIVE
Emotion: DEFIANCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Go ahead and tell them, nobody is ever going to believe a word out of your mouth.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Rhetorical Defiance in Chinese Confrontations

Using affirmative-negative tags like '...信你的话不' aggressively challenges the interlocutor's social standing and credibility, signaling complete lack of fear.

INTENT TAGS: #challenging #provocation #discrediting #defiance
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
你看看 SPOKEN CHUNK

take a look and see; just watch

Frequently used at the start of a sentence as a provocative dare or to draw immediate attention to an unfavorable reality.

信你的话 SPOKEN CHUNK

believe what you say

A common phrase referring to taking someone's statement as trustworthy.

Modal Particle「不」 (bu) CHANGE OF STATE

Functions as a sentence-final question tag converting the clause into an affirmative-negative rhetorical inquiry.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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