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《The Devil Between Us》 S1·E14 (03:42) HSK 3
kě yǐ ma nǐ yì zhí jué de chéng kěn shì gè chǔn huò

可以吗 你一直觉得程恳是个蠢货

“Can you do that? You always thought Cheng Ken was a fool.”

《The Devil Between Us》 S1·E14
TIMECODE: 03:42 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN ràng tā bù yòng dān xīn xiàn zài quán xīn quán yì de bāng wǒ men zhēng qǔ shí jiān

让他不用担心 现在全心全意的 帮我们争取时间

“Tell him not to worry. Just focus wholeheartedly on buying us time.”

kě yǐ ma nǐ yì zhí jué de chéng kěn shì gè chǔn huò CURRENT FOCUS

可以吗 你 一直觉得 程恳是个 蠢货

“Can you do that? You always thought Cheng Ken was a fool.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN tā néng piàn dé guò jǐng chá ma

“Can he fool the police?”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: EXPRESSING DOUBT
Tone: DOUBTFUL
Emotion: SKEPTICISM
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Are you out of your mind? You know he's too stupid to pull this off.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Direct Challenge Among Conspirators

Under acute pressure, Chinese conversational politeness and indirectness drop entirely, replaced by blunt, confrontational reality checks.

INTENT TAGS: #doubt #skepticism #challenging #warning
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
可以吗 SPOKEN CHUNK

Is that doable?; Will that work?

A short, direct rhetorical question expressing skepticism about the viability of a proposed plan.

蠢货 SPOKEN CHUNK

idiot; fool

A blunt, derogatory noun used to express strong contempt for someone's intelligence or capability.

Modal Particle「吗」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Marks a standard yes/no question, here functioning as a skeptical probe.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
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