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《The Truth》 S1·E28 (09:25) HSK 5
tā wū zi lǐ nà ge bào jǐng qiú zhù qì yǐ qián yǒu yòng guò ma

他屋子里那个报警求助器 以前有用过吗

“Had he used the emergency alert device in his room before?”

《The Truth》 S1·E28
TIMECODE: 09:25 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wǒ jiù bù tài zhī dào le

我就不太知道了

“I don't know much about that.”

tā wū zi lǐ nà ge bào jǐng qiú zhù qì yǐ qián yǒu yòng guò ma CURRENT FOCUS

他屋子里 那个 报警 求助器 以前 有用过吗

“Had he used the emergency alert device in his room before?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN yòng guò ér qiě hái bù zhǐ yī cì ne

“Yes. Multiple times, actually.”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: FACT FINDING
Tone: INQUISITIVE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Community Elderly Care Infrastructure

In urban China, modern residential management and community centers frequently install direct alarm buzzers in solitary elderly residents' homes for immediate emergency dispatch.

INTENT TAGS: #inquiry #fact_finding #investigation #clarification
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
报警求助器 SPOKEN CHUNK

emergency call alarm / assistance alarm

A formal compound noun used to describe panic buttons or medical alert devices often installed in elderly or accessible housing.

以前有用过吗 SPOKEN CHUNK

has it ever been used in the past?

A common conversational structure for inquiring about past experience or usage history of an object.

Modal Particle「吗」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Standard question particle turning the statement into a simple yes-no inquiry.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

4 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
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