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《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E29 (08:47) HSK 6
kě nǐ mén xīn zì wèn nǐ suàn shì yí gè hǎo zhàng fū hǎo bà bà ma

可你扪心自问 你算是一个好丈夫 好爸爸吗

“But ask yourself honestly, have you ever really been a good husband or a good father?”

《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E29
TIMECODE: 08:47 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wǒ men dōu zhī dào nǐ hái cún zhe fù hé de xīn sī

我们都知道 你还存着复合的心思

“We all know you still want to get back together with Ju.”

kě nǐ mén xīn zì wèn nǐ suàn shì yí gè hǎo zhàng fū hǎo bà bà ma CURRENT FOCUS

可你 扪心自问 你 算是 一个好丈夫 好爸爸吗

“But ask yourself honestly, have you ever really been a good husband or a good father?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN gē

哥

“Chun,”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: CHALLENGING AUTHORITY
Tone: CONFRONTATIONAL
Emotion: ANGER
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You failed completely as a partner and a parent, so give up on winning them back.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Family Duty and Moral Evaluation

In Chinese culture, a person's worth is deeply tied to fulfilling specific familial roles, such as being a responsible spouse and parent, making moral critiques of family duty particularly devastating.

INTENT TAGS: #reproach #confrontation #reality_check #disillusionment
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
扪心自问 SPOKEN CHUNK

examine one's conscience / soul-searching

A powerful four-character idiom used in arguments to demand that someone honestly assess their own ethical failings.

算是一个 SPOKEN CHUNK

can be considered as / qualify as

Used to evaluate whether someone genuinely meets the baseline criteria for a specific role or status.

Modal Particle「吗」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Transforms the assertion into an accusatory rhetorical question that expects a negative answer.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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