《The Truth》 S1·E25 (29:08)
HSK 6
nà zhāng zhào piān bú shì hái zài tā jiā guì zi lǐ bǎi zhe ma
那张照片 不是还在他家柜子里摆着吗
“Isn't that photo displayed in his cabinet?”
《The Truth》
S1·E25
TIMECODE: 29:08
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THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
pāi le
拍了
“Yes.”
nà zhāng zhào piān bú shì hái zài tā jiā guì zi lǐ bǎi zhe ma
CURRENT FOCUS
那张照片 不是 还在 他家柜子里 摆着 吗
“Isn't that photo displayed in his cabinet?”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
nà zhāng zhào piān bú jiàn le
那张照片不见了
“That photo is missing.”
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Scene:
Daily Life
Function:
SEEKING CLARIFICATION
Tone:
SKEPTICAL
Emotion:
SURPRISE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Why are you acting like it is missing when it should still be right there in the cabinet?”
💡 Cultural Insight: Indirect Questioning via Confirmation
Chinese speakers often frame doubts as rhetorical questions pointing back to shared knowledge rather than asking directly.
INTENT TAGS:
#querying
#challenging
#cross_checking
#seeking_confirmation
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2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
不是……吗
SPOKEN CHUNK
isn't it...?; aren't you...?
A highly common rhetorical pattern used to seek confirmation or gently challenge an implicit premise.
摆着
SPOKEN CHUNK
placed; displayed
Combines the verb 'to place/arrange' with the durative aspect marker '着' to describe ongoing state.
Modal Particle「吗」 (ma)
CHANGE OF STATE
Turns the statement into a rhetorical question expecting agreement from the listener.
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3 EXPR · 2 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
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