《Our Dazzling Days》 S1·E16 (25:31)
HSK 7
nǐ zhè ge pái fēng shàn shì gè bǎi shè ba
你这个排风扇是个摆设吧
“Is that exhaust fan just for decoration?”
《Our Dazzling Days》
S1·E16
TIMECODE: 25:31
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
huā jiāo shuǐ huā jiāo yě nòng diǎn shuǐ
花椒水 花椒也弄点水
“Peppercorn water. Soak the peppercorns too.”
nǐ zhè ge pái fēng shàn shì gè bǎi shè ba
CURRENT FOCUS
你 这个 排风扇 是个摆设 吧
“Is that exhaust fan just for decoration?”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
méi kāi
没开
“It's not on.”
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Scene:
Daily Life
Function:
COMPLAINING
Tone:
SARCASTIC
Emotion:
FRUSTRATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“It is so smoky in here; why on earth haven't you turned the fan on?”
💡 Cultural Insight: Sarcastic Teasing in Domestic Life
Informal Chinese domestic complaints often rely on colorful metaphors like 'ornament' to register annoyance without escalating into a serious argument.
INTENT TAGS:
#criticism
#sarcasm
#prompting_action
#complaining
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1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
是个摆设
SPOKEN CHUNK
to be mere decoration; just for show; useless
A very common metaphor used to mock an appliance or person that serves no practical purpose.
Modal Particle「吧」 (ba)
CHANGE OF STATE
Softens the rhetorical question into a probing, sarcastic assumption.
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2 EXPR · 3 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
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