《The Truth》 S1·E28 (24:07)
HSK 7
néng shì néng dàn shì nǐ kàn tā zhē dé hěn yán shí
能是能 但是你看他遮得很严实
“I can, but see how covered up he is?”
《The Truth》
S1·E28
TIMECODE: 24:07
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
néng zài fàng dà diǎn ma
能再放大点吗
“Can you zoom in more?”
néng shì néng dàn shì nǐ kàn tā zhē dé hěn yán shí
CURRENT FOCUS
能是能 但是 你看 他遮得很严实
“I can, but see how covered up he is?”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
wǒ bǎ tā hé gāo liàng de zhè zhāng duì bǐ le yī xià
我把他和高亮的这张 对比了一下
“I compared this with Gao Liang's photo.”
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Scene:
Workplace
Function:
HEDGING LIMITATION
Tone:
PRAGMATIC
Emotion:
SKEPTICISM
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I can zoom in, but it will be a waste of time because his face is obscured anyway.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Indirect Refusal via Concession
In Chinese communicative norms, rather than flatly refusing a request, speakers often grant theoretical feasibility first ('能是能') before stating objective obstacles to soften the disagreement.
INTENT TAGS:
#conceding
#managing_expectations
#hedging
#pointing_out_obstacles
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2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
能是能
SPOKEN CHUNK
Sure it is possible, but...
A common spoken concession pattern ('Verb 是 Verb') used to acknowledge feasibility before raising an objection or counterpoint.
遮得很严实
SPOKEN CHUNK
bundled up tightly; covered up completely
Used to describe someone heavily concealed by clothing, scarves, masks, or hats.
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3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
COLLOQUIAL EXPRESSIONS:
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《The Truth》 S1·E28 (24:07) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus