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《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E2 (12:47) HSK 5
nín kàn nín zěn me zǒng xiǎng zhe bào jǐng a

您看您怎么总想着报警啊

“Why are you always jumping to call the police?”

《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E2
TIMECODE: 12:47 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN yào bù zán hái shì bào jǐng ba bié bié bié

“Maybe we should just call the police. No.”

nín kàn nín zěn me zǒng xiǎng zhe bào jǐng a CURRENT FOCUS

您看 您 怎么 总想着 报警 啊

“Why are you always jumping to call the police?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN zhè bú shì qiǎo le ma

这不是巧了吗

“What a coincidence.”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: DISSUADING
Tone: DEFENSIVE
Emotion: ANXIETY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Don't bring the police into this; let's resolve it ourselves without outside trouble.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Aversion to Official Intervention (息事宁人)

Traditional conflict resolution prefers settling disputes privately among the parties rather than involving public authorities, which is seen as troublesome and rigid.

INTENT TAGS: #dissuasion #discouragement #pleading #deflection
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

3 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
您看您 SPOKEN CHUNK

look at you (mild rebuke/appeal)

A softening yet remonstrative opening used to frame the listener's action as unreasonable.

报警 SPOKEN CHUNK

to report to the police; call the police

Standard high-frequency term for contacting law enforcement.

总想着 SPOKEN CHUNK

always inclined to think of / obsess over

Used to criticize an unhelpful habit or recurrent instinctive reaction.

Modal Particle「啊」 (a) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens the remonstrance into an appeal while signaling exasperation with the listener's recurring thought.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

4 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
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