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《Cage of Shadows》 S1·E20 (06:51) HSK 4
nán dào zhēn yǐ wéi kě yǐ mán tiān guò hǎi ma

难道真以为可以瞒天过海吗

“what you've done?”

《Cage of Shadows》 S1·E20
TIMECODE: 06:51 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nǐ zì jǐ zuò guò shén me

你自己做过什么

“Did you really think you could cover up”

nán dào zhēn yǐ wéi kě yǐ mán tiān guò hǎi ma CURRENT FOCUS

难道 真以为 可以 瞒天过海 吗

“what you've done?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nǐ men zěn me kě néng zhī dào de

你们怎么可能知道的

“How could you possibly know?”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: CHALLENGING DENIAL
Tone: MOCKING
Emotion: CONTEMPT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Give it up; your pathetic cover-up failed completely.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Thirty-Six Stratagems

Stratagems like 'Crossing the sea under camouflage' are woven into everyday speech to metaphorically critique cunning schemes.

INTENT TAGS: #interrogation #taunting #unmasking
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
瞒天过海 SPOKEN CHUNK

to cross the sea under camouflage; to pull off a massive deception

Derived from the Thirty-Six Stratagems, this idiom describes orchestrating an elaborate covert deceit.

Modal Particle「吗」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Forms a rhetorical question that reinforces the speaker's scornful disbelief.

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4 EXPR · 7 GRAMMAR
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