《River Sunset》 S1·E20 (04:12)
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zhè zěn me shuō
这怎么说
“How do you mean?”
《River Sunset》
S1·E20
TIMECODE: 04:12
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
shì zhè yàng a
是这样啊
“Is that so?”
zhè zěn me shuō
CURRENT FOCUS
这怎么说
“How do you mean?”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
qí shí wǒ men zhǐ shì huó zhe de dùn pái
“Actually, we are just living shields.”
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Scene:
Crisis & Conflict
Function:
REQUESTING CLARIFICATION
Tone:
INQUISITIVE
Emotion:
CONFUSION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
💡 Cultural Insight: Conversational Prompting
Short formulaic questions like this serve as conversational prompts in Chinese to urge the listener to elaborate without challenging them aggressively.
INTENT TAGS:
#clarification
#inquiry
#curiosity
#prompting
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1 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
这怎么说
SPOKEN CHUNK
What do you mean by this? / How so?
A very common spoken expression used to ask someone to explain the meaning or reasoning behind a remark.
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1 EXPR · 4 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
COLLOQUIAL EXPRESSIONS:
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《River Sunset》 S1·E20 (04:12) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus