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《The Devil Between Us》 S1·E5 (02:42) HSK 7
nǐ shì gè chéng nián rén shì bú shì dú pǐn nǐ zì jǐ bù zhī dào ma

你是个成年人 是不是毒品你自己不知道吗

“You're an adult. Don't you know if it's drugs?”

《The Devil Between Us》 S1·E5
TIMECODE: 02:42 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zhuāng shǎ shì bú shì

装傻是不是

“Playing dumb, are you?”

nǐ shì gè chéng nián rén shì bú shì dú pǐn nǐ zì jǐ bù zhī dào ma CURRENT FOCUS

你 是 个 成年人 是不是 毒品你 自己 不知道吗

“You're an adult. Don't you know if it's drugs?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nǐ shì zài zhè gēn wǒ shuō

你是在这跟我说

“So, you wanna talk here,”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: CHALLENGING FEIGNED IGNORANCE
Tone: SHARP AND ACCUSATORY
Emotion: ANGER
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Stop playing dumb, you knew full well what it was.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Adult Accountability in Legal Culture

Appealing to adulthood (成年人) in Chinese dispute and police contexts serves as a direct rebuke to childish evasiveness and denial of guilt.

INTENT TAGS: #confrontation #interrogation #calling_out_lies #holding_accountable
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
是个成年人 SPOKEN CHUNK

to be an adult

Often used rhetorically to remind someone they bear full legal and moral responsibility for their actions.

你自己不知道吗 SPOKEN CHUNK

don't you know full well yourself?

A rhetorical question used to expose obvious lies or feigned ignorance.

Modal Particle「吗」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Turns the statement into a confrontational rhetorical question demanding admission.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

4 EXPR · 3 GRAMMAR
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