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《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E11 (27:20) HSK 2
nà nǐ gào sù wǒ tā men liǎn shàng nà shì shá

那你告诉我 他们脸上那是啥

“Then, tell me. What's that on both of your faces?”

《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E11
TIMECODE: 27:20 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wǒ men bú shì fū qī bú shì fū qī

“We are not a married couple. You are not married?”

nà nǐ gào sù wǒ tā men liǎn shàng nà shì shá CURRENT FOCUS

那 你告诉我 他们脸上 那是啥

“Then, tell me. What's that on both of your faces?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nǐ kàn kàn liǎn shàng nà ge chuàng kě tiē yī mú yī yàng

“What's that on both of your faces? Look at the band on your face. They are exactly the same.”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: CHALLENGING DENIAL
Tone: INCREDULOUS AND ACCUSATORY
Emotion: SKEPTICISM
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Don't treat me like an idiot; explain that obvious evidence if you're really not together.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Confrontational Questioning Style

In Chinese informal arguments, rhetorical questions starting with '那你告诉我' are frequently deployed to catch the other party in an obvious contradiction.

INTENT TAGS: #interrogation #skepticism #cross_examination #confrontation
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
那你告诉我 SPOKEN CHUNK

then tell me / so explain this to me

Commonly used in arguments to press the listener for an explanation when their prior claim seems implausible.

那是啥 SPOKEN CHUNK

what is that

A highly colloquial northern Mandarin equivalent of '那是什​​么', often delivered with an assertive or blunt tone.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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