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《Light to the Night》 S1·E3 (05:16) HSK 4
lián xì nǐ qù tóu àn zì shǒu ma ?

联系你去投案 自首吗?

“So that you can turn yourself in to the police?”

《Light to the Night》 S1·E3
TIMECODE: 05:16 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nǐ rén dōu gěi tā zuò diào le tā hái lián xì nǐ zuò shén me ?

你人都给他做掉了 他还联系你做什么?

“You killed them. Why would he contact you?”

lián xì nǐ qù tóu àn zì shǒu ma ? CURRENT FOCUS

联系你 去 投案 自首 吗?

“So that you can turn yourself in to the police?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN āi yōu

哎呦

“Gosh.”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: MOCKING INTERROGATION
Tone: SARCASTIC
Emotion: DISBELIEF
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Who are you trying to fool with such a ridiculous lie?”
💡 Cultural Insight: Voluntary Surrender Leniency (自首从宽)

Under the Chinese Criminal Law, turning oneself in (自首) grants statutory leniency, making it a prominent trope in criminal conversations and legal investigations.

INTENT TAGS: #sarcasm #confrontation #disbelief #probing
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
投案自首 SPOKEN CHUNK

to surrender to the police; turn oneself in

A common legal compound referring to voluntarily confessing crimes to law enforcement.

Modal Particle「吗」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Turns the statement into a rhetorical question dripping with skepticism.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

EXPLORE BY SEMANTIC SIMILARITY
自首啥呀 我这卖的是打口磁带
《主角》
88% Match
自首啥呀 我这卖的是打口磁带
zì shǒu shá ya wǒ zhè mài de shì dǎ kǒu cí dài

“For what? I'm selling cut-out tapes.”

一定会去抢着自首
《隐身的名字》
88% Match
一定会去抢着自首
yí dìng huì qù qiǎng zhe zì shǒu

“Bai Shu and Ren Xiaoming will race to confess.”

跟我回去自首吧
《方圆八百米》
88% Match
跟我回去自首吧
gēn wǒ huí qù zì shǒu ba

“Come with me and turn yourself in.”

去自首吧
《方圆八百米》
88% Match
去自首吧
qù zì shǒu ba

“Turn yourself in.”

我就自首 把钱交出来
《迷墙》
88% Match
我就自首 把钱交出来
wǒ jiù zì shǒu bǎ qián jiāo chū lái

“to turn myself in and hand in the money.”

你打算什么时候去自首?
《黑夜告白》
88% Match
你打算什么时候去自首?
nǐ dǎ suàn shén me shí hòu qù zì shǒu ?

“When do you plan to turn yourself in?”

他会陪我一起去自首
《黑夜告白》
88% Match
他会陪我一起去自首
tā huì péi wǒ yì qǐ qù zì shǒu

“he'll go with me to turn myself in.”

我打算去自首
《狂飙》
88% Match
我打算去自首
wǒ dǎ suàn qù zì shǒu

“I'm going to turn myself in.”

我就去公安局自首
《狂飙》
88% Match
我就去公安局自首
wǒ jiù qù gōng ān jú zì shǒu

“I'll turn myself in at the Public Security Bureau.”

现在自首也还来得及 三个问题
《风过留痕》
88% Match
现在自首也还来得及 三个问题
xiàn zài zì shǒu yě hái lái de jí sān gè wèn tí

“It's not too late to surrender. Three questions.”

他主动自首 承认了诬陷 也接受了治安处罚
《轧戏》
88% Match
他主动自首 承认了诬陷 也接受了治安处罚
tā zhǔ dòng zì shǒu chéng rèn le wū xiàn yě jiē shòu le zhì ān chǔ fá

“He turned himself in, confessed to making false accusations, and accepted administrative penalties.”

自首 至少可以减轻罪行
《隐身的名字》
88% Match
自首 至少可以减轻罪行
zì shǒu zhì shǎo kě yǐ jiǎn qīng zuì xíng

“surrendering may reduce your sentence.”

都主动过来投案自首 还要指认他
《狂飙》
88% Match
都主动过来投案自首 还要指认他
dōu zhǔ dòng guò lái tóu àn zì shǒu hái yào zhǐ rèn tā

“they all turned themselves in and wanted to testify against him.”

要么一起去自首
《方圆八百米》
88% Match
要么一起去自首
yào me yì qǐ qù zì shǒu

“or we will go turn ourselves in together.”

自首吧 就现在
《钢铁森林》
88% Match
自首吧 就现在
zì shǒu ba jiù xiàn zài

“Turn yourself in, right now.”

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