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《Eight Hundred》 S1·E5 (18:11) HSK 7
nǐ kàn jiàn xiōng shǒu zhǎng shén me yàng le ma

你看见凶手长什么样了吗

“Did you see what the killer looked like?”

《Eight Hundred》 S1·E5
TIMECODE: 18:11 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wǒ jiù

我就

“So I...”

nǐ kàn jiàn xiōng shǒu zhǎng shén me yàng le ma CURRENT FOCUS

你看 见 凶手 长什么样 了吗

“Did you see what the killer looked like?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nà tiān

那天

“That day,”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: WITNESS INTERROGATION
Tone: PRESSING
Emotion: SERIOUS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Direct Fact-Finding in Crisis Contexts

In urgent investigative contexts, conversational politeness markers are dropped in favor of concise, fact-driven questioning.

INTENT TAGS: #interrogation #investigation #eyewitness #clarification
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 2 PARTICLES
长什么样 SPOKEN CHUNK

what [someone] looks like / physical appearance

A colloquial pattern used when asking for a visual or physical description of an individual.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Marks the completion of the action of seeing or taking note.

Modal Particle「吗」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Turns the statement into a direct yes-no question.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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