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《Live up to Your Youth》 S1·E22 (16:12) HSK 4
jiù shì tā ràng wǒ lái wèn nǐ de

就是他让我来问你的

“He was the one who asked me to ask you.”

《Live up to Your Youth》 S1·E22
TIMECODE: 16:12 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN tā huì xiǎng ràng wǒ qù ma

他会想让我去吗

“Would he want me to go?”

jiù shì tā ràng wǒ lái wèn nǐ de CURRENT FOCUS

就是他 让我来问你的

“He was the one who asked me to ask you.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN tā hái pà nǐ bù xiǎng qù ne

他还怕你不想去呢

“He was afraid you wouldn't want to go.”

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Scene: Daily Life
Function: REASSURANCE
Tone: ASSERTIVE
Emotion: REASSURANCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Stop overthinking it—he explicitly wants you there, so just say yes.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Saving Face via Intermediaries (找搭桥人)

In Chinese social interactions, people often use a mutual friend to extend invitations to avoid potential embarrassment or rejection.

INTENT TAGS: #clarification #reassurance #dispelling_doubt #encouragement
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
就是他 SPOKEN CHUNK

it is precisely him

Used to emphasize identity and eliminate doubt regarding who initiated an action.

让我来问你 SPOKEN CHUNK

asked me to ask you

A standard construction to report an intermediary request or relayed message.

Modal Particle「的」 (de) CHANGE OF STATE

Completes the 'shi...de' emphatic construction, reinforcing the truth of the assertion.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 2 GRAMMAR
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