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《Veil of Shadows》 S1·E24 (29:55) HSK 3
nǐ zuì jìn shēn tǐ hái hǎo ma ?

你最近身体还好吗?

“How have you been feeling lately?”

《Veil of Shadows》 S1·E24
TIMECODE: 29:55 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN méi xiǎng dào shì zhè ge

没想到是这个

“Turns out it was this.”

nǐ zuì jìn shēn tǐ hái hǎo ma ? CURRENT FOCUS

你最近 身体还好吗 ?

“How have you been feeling lately?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN méi xiǎng dào xīng shí yǔn bào jū rán huì dǎo zhì shī róng

没想到星石陨爆居然会导致失荣

“Who would've thought the Meteor Blast would cause the Wasting Sickness?”

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Scene: Medical & Health
Function: INQUIRING ABOUT HEALTH
Tone: CARING
Emotion: CONCERN
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I know something might be physically wrong with you, so tell me the truth.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Health Inquiries as Caring Etiquette

Directly asking about someone's bodily well-being (身体) reflects genuine intimacy and interpersonal concern in Chinese communicative culture.

INTENT TAGS: #concern #inquiry #caring #probing
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
身体还好吗 SPOKEN CHUNK

is your health doing okay?

A very common caring greeting used to check up on someone known to have suffered an illness or exhaustion.

你最近 SPOKEN CHUNK

have you lately / how have you been recently

A standard conversational opener to frame a question around recent life circumstances.

Modal Particle「吗」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens the inquiry into a polite, standard question particle, leaving room for the listener to open up.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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