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《The Truth》 S1·E28 (19:42) HSK 4
nǐ shuō zhè wū lǐ dōu sǐ guò rén le nà yǐ hòu shuí lái zhù a

你说这屋里都死过人了 那以后谁来住啊

“Someone died in this room! Who will be willing to stay here now?”

《The Truth》 S1·E28
TIMECODE: 19:42 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wǒ zhè yī tǐng hǎo mín sù gāng kāi yè jǐ tiān yā jiù gěi wǒ zhěng zhè me yī chū

“My homestay just opened a few days ago, and now this happens!”

nǐ shuō zhè wū lǐ dōu sǐ guò rén le nà yǐ hòu shuí lái zhù a CURRENT FOCUS

你说这 屋里都 死过人了 那以后 谁来住啊

“Someone died in this room! Who will be willing to stay here now?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN sǐ zhě zhōu lián qín

死者周连勤

“How much do you know about the deceased, Zhou Lianqin?”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: LAMENTING
Tone: LAMENTING
Emotion: DISTRESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“My business is completely destroyed now that this place is tainted by a corpse!”
💡 Cultural Insight: Stigmatized Property Taboo (凶宅文化)

In Chinese culture, houses where unnatural deaths occur are strongly feared as inauspicious or cursed, causing severe devaluation and tenant avoidance.

INTENT TAGS: #complaining #lamenting #distress #blaming_misfortune
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
死过人 SPOKEN CHUNK

someone has died here before

Carries a heavy social stigma when used to describe a real estate property or hotel room.

谁来住啊 SPOKEN CHUNK

who would ever come to stay

A rhetorical question emphasizing that absolutely no customer would be willing to patronize the place.

Modal Particle「啊」 (a) CHANGE OF STATE

Intensifies the rhetorical complaint and conveys emotional desperation.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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