《Veil of Shadows》 S1·E24 (46:18)
HSK 7
bù dōu shì yī wō yī wō de ma ？
不都是一窝一窝的吗？
“born in litters?”
《Veil of Shadows》
S1·E24
TIMECODE: 46:18
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
hú lí
狐狸
“Aren't foxes”
bù dōu shì yī wō yī wō de ma ？
CURRENT FOCUS
不都是 一窝一窝 的吗？
“born in litters?”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
kě néng shì yīn wèi wǒ tiān shēng mù máng ba
“Maybe it was because I was born blind.”
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Scene:
Social & Dating
Function:
SEEKING CLARIFICATION
Tone:
INQUISITIVE
Emotion:
CURIOSITY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
💡 Cultural Insight: Rhetorical Questioning for Confirmation
Using '不都是...吗' is a common spoken pattern in Chinese to express surprise or check conventional wisdom rather than genuinely asking for basic facts.
INTENT TAGS:
#inquiry
#curiosity
#clarification
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1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
一窝一窝
SPOKEN CHUNK
in whole litters / group by group
A duplicated measure word phrase used to emphasize that things or animals appear clustered together in batches.
Modal Particle「吗」 (ma)
CHANGE OF STATE
Marks a rhetorical or confirmation question, softening the inquiry.
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2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
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