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《The Truth》 S1·E1 (13:09) HSK 5
bīng bīng yì bān dōu shì jǐ diǎn fàng xué huí jiā ya

冰冰一般都是几点放学回家呀

“What time did Bingbing usually come home after school?”

《The Truth》 S1·E1
TIMECODE: 13:09 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN guō bīng bīng shēng qián de yī xiē qíng kuàng

郭冰冰生前的一些情况

“to see if you can help us piece together Guo Bingbing's last days.”

bīng bīng yì bān dōu shì jǐ diǎn fàng xué huí jiā ya CURRENT FOCUS

冰冰 一般 都是 几点放学回家 呀

“What time did Bingbing usually come home after school?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN jiù shì yì bān jiù bù zài wài miàn dòu liú shén me de duì ma

“So she generally didn't linger outside, right?”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: GATHERING INFORMATION
Tone: INQUISITIVE
Emotion: NEUTRALITY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Empathetic Questioning Tone

When questioning bereaved family members or witnesses, Chinese speakers use softening modal particles like '呀' to reduce the interrogation's emotional sting.

INTENT TAGS: #investigation #routine_inquiry #fact_finding #softened_question
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
一般都是 SPOKEN CHUNK

generally / usually it is...

Used to ask or talk about customary routines or standard baseline conditions.

放学回家 SPOKEN CHUNK

come home from school

Standard collocation referring to the daily end-of-school routine for students.

Modal Particle「呀」 (ya) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens an inquiry to sound considerate, approachable, and non-confrontational.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

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

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