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《The Guilty》 S1·E10 (19:43) HSK 5
bú shì wǒ zhè bú shì pèi hé nǐ men de ma

不是 我这不是配合你们的吗

“No, I'm cooperating, aren't I?”

《The Guilty》 S1·E10
TIMECODE: 19:43 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN tā bú shì jìn qù le ma lù míng bié gēn wǒ men zhuāng shǎ a

“Isn't he in prison? Lu Ming, don't play dumb with us.”

bú shì wǒ zhè bú shì pèi hé nǐ men de ma CURRENT FOCUS

不是 我 这不是配合你们的吗

“No, I'm cooperating, aren't I?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nà wǒ men jǐng chá xiè xiè nǐ de pèi hé

那我们警察谢谢你的配合

“Then we thank you for your cooperation.”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: SELF DEFENSE
Tone: DEFENSIVE AND AGGRIEVED
Emotion: ANXIETY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Don't accuse me of playing dumb; I'm doing everything I can to help you!”
💡 Cultural Insight: Appealing to Cooperation (配合意识)

Explicitly declaring 'I am cooperating' is a key defensive tactic in Chinese institutional and legal interactions to demonstrate good faith and avert administrative severity.

INTENT TAGS: #self_defense #pleading #justification #denial
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
不是 SPOKEN CHUNK

wait a second / that's not true

Used as a conversational buffer to immediately push back against an accusation before providing an explanation.

配合 SPOKEN CHUNK

to cooperate / to assist

Frequently used in official or legal contexts to refer to complying with authority investigations.

Modal Particle「吗」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Forms a rhetorical question that turns the assertion into an appeal for validation, urging the listeners to recognize the cooperation.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 5 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

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