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《COURT!》 S1·E15 (35:34) HSK 5
nǐ zhī qián bú shì yě jiù guò wǒ ma

你之前不是也救过我吗

“Besides, you've saved me before, too.”

《COURT!》 S1·E15
TIMECODE: 35:34 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN ér qiě shāo dài shǒu de shì

“It wasn't a big deal.”

nǐ zhī qián bú shì yě jiù guò wǒ ma CURRENT FOCUS

你 之前不是 也 救过我 吗

“Besides, you've saved me before, too.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nǐ shuō zhè me duō yǒu de méi de zhòng yào ma

“Does all this back-and-forth really matter?”

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Scene: Social & Dating
Function: DEFLECTING GRATITUDE
Tone: REASSURING
Emotion: GRATITUDE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You don't owe me anything; we are even.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Reciprocity and Indebtedness (Renqing)

In Chinese relationships, balancing favors helps alleviate emotional debt and maintains comfortable parity between close peers.

INTENT TAGS: #deflection #reassurance #reciprocity #bonding
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
不是也 SPOKEN CHUNK

didn't... also

A rhetorical framing used to recall a shared fact that negates the current premise.

Modal Particle「吗」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Turns the statement into a rhetorical question expecting agreement.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 10 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

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