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《A Splendid Match》 S1·E12 (27:34) HSK 3
nín zì jǐ shuō de huà nín zì jǐ xìn ma

您自己说的话 您自己信吗

“Those words you just spoke— do you even believe them yourself?”

《A Splendid Match》 S1·E12
TIMECODE: 27:34 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN cǐ shì shì tā yī rén zhǔ shǐ sòng yí niáng bìng bù zhī qíng a

此事是她一人主使 宋姨娘并不知情啊

“that she alone was behind it all? Concubine Song knew nothing of it.”

nín zì jǐ shuō de huà nín zì jǐ xìn ma CURRENT FOCUS

您 自己说 的话 您自己信吗

“Those words you just spoke— do you even believe them yourself?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN zhōu mā mā wǎng tài tài de yào lǐ xià dà huáng

周妈妈 往太太的药里下大黄

“Nanny Zhou slipped rhubarb into the Madam's medicine”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: CHALLENGING AUTHORITY
Tone: INCREDULOUS
Emotion: CONTEMPT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Stop lying; even you know that ridiculous excuse makes no sense.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Rhetorical Rebuke with Honorifics

Retaining the polite honorific '您' while delivering a scathing rebuke underscores cold, razor-sharp authority without descending into uncouth insults.

INTENT TAGS: #confronting #calling_out #discrediting #accusing
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
您自己信吗 SPOKEN CHUNK

do you even believe it yourself?

A powerful rhetorical confrontation used to call out transparent lies or unconvincing excuses.

Modal Particle「吗」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Forms a rhetorical question that functions pragmatically as a strong negative assertion.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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