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《The Knockout》 S1·E31 (31:47) HSK 7
nǐ shuō shuō zhè yàng de rén yīng bù yīng gāi chá

你说说这样的人 应不应该查

“Don't you think this kind of person should be investigated?”

《The Knockout》 S1·E31
TIMECODE: 31:47 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN jiā lǐ miàn zāng kuǎn jiù sōu le jǐ qiān wàn

家里面赃款 就搜了几千万

“Tens of millions of yuan in illicit money were found in his house.”

nǐ shuō shuō zhè yàng de rén yīng bù yīng gāi chá CURRENT FOCUS

你说说 这样的人 应不应该查

“Don't you think this kind of person should be investigated?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN ān xīn

安欣

“An Xin.”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: DEMANDING AGREEMENT
Tone: ASSERTIVE
Emotion: RIGHTEOUSNESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“There is no excuse to protect someone this blatantly corrupt—we must investigate him immediately.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Public Outrage and Anti-Corruption Stance

In contemporary Chinese legal and civic discourse, discovering massive hidden cash hoardings ('赃款') triggers absolute zero-tolerance expectations from law enforcement.

INTENT TAGS: #persuasion #rhetorical_question #moral_justification #demanding_action
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
你说说 SPOKEN CHUNK

You tell me; think about it

Used rhetorically at the start of a sentence to force an interlocutor to confront an obvious truth.

应不应该 SPOKEN CHUNK

should or shouldn't

An affirmative-negative question format used here rhetorically where the only reasonable answer is 'should'.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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