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《The Glamorous Night》 S1·E17 (06:55) HSK 4
xiǎng wèn diǎn qíng kuàng ba quán dōu shì yī wèn sān bù zhī

想问点情况吧 全都是一问三不知

“They all played dumb when you asked about something.”

《The Glamorous Night》 S1·E17
TIMECODE: 06:55 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN xiǎng yuē shuí yuē bù zhe

想约谁约不着

“It was hard to meet them.”

xiǎng wèn diǎn qíng kuàng ba quán dōu shì yī wèn sān bù zhī CURRENT FOCUS

想问 点 情况 吧 全都是 一问三不知

“They all played dumb when you asked about something.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN zhè qiáo hǎi lún dào le nà ér a jī běn shàng jiù shì

这乔海伦到了那儿啊 基本上就是

“When Qiao Hailun got there, she was basically crying every day.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: COMPLAINING
Tone: COMPLAINING
Emotion: FRUSTRATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Nobody would cooperate with us, and they are all playing dumb.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Feigned Ignorance as a Defense Mechanism

Claiming not to know anything is a standard workplace or bureaucratic evasion tactic to avoid responsibility, trouble, or taking sides.

INTENT TAGS: #complaint #venting #workplace_frustration #criticism
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
一问三不知 SPOKEN CHUNK

to be completely ignorant; to know nothing whatsoever (often feigned)

An idiomatic expression describing someone who answers 'I don't know' to every question, frequently used when suspecting evasion.

Modal Particle「吧」 (ba) CHANGE OF STATE

Creates a pause marking an attempt or conditional framing, setting up the disappointing outcome that follows.

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4 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
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