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《The Ferry Man 10th Anniversary》 S1·E15 (09:15) HSK 1
yí yí duì nǐ bù hǎo ma

姨姨对你不好吗

“Hasn't Auntie treated you well?”

《The Ferry Man 10th Anniversary》 S1·E15
TIMECODE: 09:15 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zhēn lìng rén tǎo yàn

“was just unbearable.”

yí yí duì nǐ bù hǎo ma CURRENT FOCUS

姨姨 对你不好吗

“Hasn't Auntie treated you well?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nǐ zěn me zǒng zài jiào a

你怎么总在叫啊

“Why are you always barking?”

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Scene: Family & Home
Function: VENTING FRUSTRATION
Tone: PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE
Emotion: IRRITATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Stop crying and making noise; you are driving me crazy!”
💡 Cultural Insight: Kinship Terms for Self-Reference

In Chinese culture, adults often refer to themselves in the third person using kinship terms (like 'auntie' or 'uncle') when speaking to young children to establish closeness or authority.

INTENT TAGS: #reproach #passive_aggression #frustration #demanding_silence
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
对你不好 SPOKEN CHUNK

not treating you well

Used to describe mistreatment or lack of care in interpersonal relationships.

Modal Particle「吗」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Forms a yes-no question that here functions rhetorically to challenge the listener's behavior.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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