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《Lady Liberty》 S1·E27 (06:41) HSK 7
nǐ bú huì shì lái gēn wǒ tí nà shén me yóu xì gōng sī mǎi bǎn quán de shì ba

你不会是来跟我提 那什么游戏公司买版权的事吧

“You're not here to bring up that game company buying the copyright again, are you?”

《Lady Liberty》 S1·E27
TIMECODE: 06:41 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN shén me luàn qī bā zāo de

什么乱七八糟的

“What are you talking about?”

nǐ bú huì shì lái gēn wǒ tí nà shén me yóu xì gōng sī mǎi bǎn quán de shì ba CURRENT FOCUS

你 不会是 来跟我提 那什么 游戏 公司 买 版权 的 事 吧

“You're not here to bring up that game company buying the copyright again, are you?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN bú shì kāi le gè gāo jià ma nà hái yǒu shén me wèn tí

“Didn't they offer a sky-high price? What's the problem?”

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Scene: Business & Trade
Function: ANTICIPATING AND PROBING
Tone: SKEPTICAL
Emotion: ANNOYANCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Please tell me you're not here to push that gaming deal on me again.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Anticipatory Hedging

Chinese speakers often use tentative phrasing like '你不会是...吧' to address sensitive topics upfront while giving the counterpart room to deny it politely.

INTENT TAGS: #probing #suspicion #preemption #reluctance
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
你不会是……吧 SPOKEN CHUNK

Don't tell me you are... / You're not ... are you?

A very common colloquial pattern used to express a negative suspicion or hope that something undesirable is not true.

买版权 SPOKEN CHUNK

to purchase copyright or intellectual property rights

Commonly used in media, publishing, entertainment, and tech industries regarding licensing.

Modal Particle「吧」 (ba) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens the rhetorical question into a tentative assumption seeking confirmation.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

4 EXPR · 5 GRAMMAR
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