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《The Guilty》 S1·E14 (30:41) HSK 5
nǐ què dìng nǐ yào jiān chí zhè yàng de kǒu gòng ma

你确定你要坚持这样的口供吗

“Are you sure you want to stick to this statement?”

《The Guilty》 S1·E14
TIMECODE: 30:41 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN xià xuě chéng rèn shì zì jǐ shā le mǎ kē wǒ men yě zhǎng wò le chōng fèn de zhèng jù

夏雪承认是自己杀了马科 我们也掌握了充分的证据

“Xia Xue has confessed that she killed Ma Ke. We have sufficient evidence as well.”

nǐ què dìng nǐ yào jiān chí zhè yàng de kǒu gòng ma CURRENT FOCUS

你确定 你要 坚持 这样 的口供吗

“Are you sure you want to stick to this statement?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN qín jǐng guān

秦警官

“Officer Qin.”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: CHALLENGING STATEMENT
Tone: AUTHORITATIVE AND WARNING
Emotion: SERIOUSNESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Think carefully before lying to me, because we know you are covering for someone.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Leniency for Confession (坦白从宽)

In the Chinese judicial ethos, interrogators often explicitly give suspects chances to recant falsehoods before imposing harsh penalties.

INTENT TAGS: #warning #interrogation #challenging #verifying
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
口供 SPOKEN CHUNK

formal deposition or confession given to the police

Used primarily in legal and police contexts to refer to official testimonies or confessions.

坚持这样的 SPOKEN CHUNK

to stick to this kind of...

Commonly paired with opinions, stances, or testimonies to emphasize stubborn persistence.

Modal Particle「吗」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Converts the statement into a direct question, prompting a definitive yes-or-no confirmation.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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