《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E29 (00:04)
HSK 1
qù nián nǐ bú shì shuō néng zhǎo wán ma
去年你不是说 能找完吗
“Didn't you say you'd finish the search last year?”
《Born to Be Alive》
S1·E29
TIMECODE: 00:04
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THE DIALOGUE REEL
qù nián nǐ bú shì shuō néng zhǎo wán ma
CURRENT FOCUS
去年你不是说 能找完吗
“Didn't you say you'd finish the search last year?”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
wǒ shì pà wǒ jīn nián zhǎo wán le
我是怕我今年找完了
“I'm just afraid that if I finish searching this year...”
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Scene:
Daily Life
Function:
QUESTIONING COMMITMENT
Tone:
CHALLENGING
Emotion:
SKEPTICISM
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You swore you would finish this by last year, so why are you still dragging it out?”
💡 Cultural Insight: Rhetorical Questioning for Accountability (反问)
Chinese speakers frequently use negative rhetorical questions ('不是说...吗') to express dissatisfaction or call out broken promises without making a blunt direct accusation.
INTENT TAGS:
#confrontation
#challenging
#reminding
#skepticism
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2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
不是说
SPOKEN CHUNK
didn't [you] say...
A common rhetorical framing used to point out discrepancies between someone's words and reality.
找完
SPOKEN CHUNK
finish searching / find completely
A resultative complement construction showing completion of an action.
Modal Particle「吗」 (ma)
CHANGE OF STATE
Marks a rhetorical question to demand accountability rather than just solicit information.
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2 EXPR · 3 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
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