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《Dog Man》 S1·E10 (18:30) HSK 6
míng míng wú měi nǚ zuó tiān cái tōng zhī wǒ men

明明吴美女昨天才通知我们

“Wu Pretty told us yesterday we got approved.”

《Dog Man》 S1·E10
TIMECODE: 18:30 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN hǎo

好

míng míng wú měi nǚ zuó tiān cái tōng zhī wǒ men CURRENT FOCUS

明明 吴 美女 昨 天才 通知 我们

“Wu Pretty told us yesterday we got approved.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN shěn hé tōng guò le nǐ zěn me bù gēn tā jiǎng ?

审核通过了 你怎么不跟他讲?

“Why didn't you tell him?”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: CLARIFYING INFORMATION
Tone: QUESTIONING
Emotion: CONFUSION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You know very well she already informed us, so why are you acting like nothing happened?”
💡 Cultural Insight: Workplace Nicknames

Using playful titles like '美女' (beauty) combined with a surname is common in casual Chinese office environments to foster approachable rapport.

INTENT TAGS: #confronting #fact_checking #questioning #clarification
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
明明 SPOKEN CHUNK

obviously; clearly (contrary to what is being claimed)

Use this adverb at the beginning of a clause when confronting someone with an undeniable fact that contradicts their stance.

才通知我们 SPOKEN CHUNK

only just notified us

Use '才' followed by a verb to emphasize that an action occurred very recently or later than expected.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

4 EXPR · 2 GRAMMAR
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