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《The Knockout》 S1·E31 (39:37) HSK 5
shì ná nǐ de jiā rén wēi xié nǐ le ma

是拿你的家人 威胁你了吗

“threaten you with your family?”

《The Knockout》 S1·E31
TIMECODE: 39:37 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN táng xiǎo lóng

唐小龙

“Did Tang Xiaolong”

shì ná nǐ de jiā rén wēi xié nǐ le ma CURRENT FOCUS

是拿你的 家人 威胁你 了吗

“threaten you with your family?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN bié tì wǒ zhǎo jiè kǒu le

别替我找借口了

“Stop making excuses for me.”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: INTERROGATION
Tone: INQUISITIVE
Emotion: CONCERN
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Tell me they forced your hand so I can understand why you did this.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Family as Ultimate Leverage

In Chinese society, familial welfare is paramount; threats to family members are recognized as an overwhelming form of coercion that can break personal ethical barriers.

INTENT TAGS: #inquiring #probing #seeking_motive #empathy
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
威胁 SPOKEN CHUNK

to threaten or intimidate

Can function both as a verb and a noun in formal and conversational contexts.

拿...威胁 SPOKEN CHUNK

to use ... as leverage to threaten someone

A foundational syntactic structure for describing blackmail, extortion, or coercion.

Modal Particle「吗」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Marks a standard yes-no question seeking factual confirmation.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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