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《Archives: The Nanyang Mystery》 S1·E10 (18:32) HSK 7
bù zhī dào zhè xiē dōng fāng rén shōu jí nà xiē shī tǐ xiǎng gàn má

不知道这些东方人 收集那些尸体想干吗

“God knows what these Easterners planned to do with them.”

《Archives: The Nanyang Mystery》 S1·E10
TIMECODE: 18:32 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN hái dōu bèi zuò guò tè shū de fáng fǔ chǔ lǐ

还都被做过特殊的防腐处理

“They've all been specially embalmed.”

bù zhī dào zhè xiē dōng fāng rén shōu jí nà xiē shī tǐ xiǎng gàn má CURRENT FOCUS

不知道 这些东方人 收集那些尸体 想干吗

“God knows what these Easterners planned to do with them.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN hǎo yī huì er jiàn ba

好 一会儿见吧

“Well, see you later.”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: EXPRESSING CONFUSION
Tone: BAFFLED
Emotion: SUSPICION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“They are definitely up to something creepy and sinister with those dead bodies.”
INTENT TAGS: #speculating #questioning_motive #expressing_suspicion #bafflement
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
想干吗 SPOKEN CHUNK

want to do what / what are they up to

Very common casual phrase used at the end of a sentence to question someone's intention or motive.

Modal Particle「吗」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Fused within '干吗' (ganma) as a colloquial interrogative pronoun meaning 'what', giving the question a casual, puzzled tone.

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2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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