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《About Love》 S1·E22 (09:22) HSK 2
lǐ xiǎo xī jiù shì nǐ pài lái de shì ba

李晓兮就是你派来的是吧

“Li Xiaoxi was sent by you, right?”

《About Love》 S1·E22
TIMECODE: 09:22 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN pāi dào le ma

拍到了吗

“Did you get it on camera?”

lǐ xiǎo xī jiù shì nǐ pài lái de shì ba CURRENT FOCUS

李晓兮 就是你 派来的是吧

“Li Xiaoxi was sent by you, right?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN shì a

是啊

“Yeah.”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: CONFRONTING
Tone: ACCUSATORY
Emotion: SUSPICION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Don't try to deny it; I know you are behind this.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Direct Confrontation

Using '是吧' in an accusation is a rhetorical device in Chinese conflicts to force the other party to drop pretense.

INTENT TAGS: #confrontation #interrogation #accusation #demanding_truth
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
就是你派来的 SPOKEN CHUNK

was definitely sent by you

Use this structure to emphasize someone's direct responsibility for dispatching or instructing another person.

是吧 SPOKEN CHUNK

right? / isn't it?

Added at the end of a sentence to seek confirmation while already leaning toward certainty.

Modal Particle「吧」 (ba) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens the grammatical accusation into a tag question while expecting affirmative confirmation.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 2 GRAMMAR
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