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《Echoes of a Thousand Moons》 S1·E36 (14:16) HSK 6
yǐ hòu jiù dōu dé biān xiā huà le shì ma

以后就都得编瞎话了是吗

“do we have to keep making things up?”

《Echoes of a Thousand Moons》 S1·E36
TIMECODE: 14:16 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN bú shì nà yǐ hòu zěn me bàn ya jīn tiān bǎ zhè kǒu zi kāi le

不是 那以后怎么办呀 今天把这口子开了

“No. What do we do from now on? Since we started lying today,”

yǐ hòu jiù dōu dé biān xiā huà le shì ma CURRENT FOCUS

以后就 都得 编瞎话 了 是吗

“do we have to keep making things up?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN dàn shì

但是

“But”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: EXPRESSING CONCERN
Tone: SKEPTICAL
Emotion: FRUSTRATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“We can't keep lying forever to cover this up.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Kai Kouzi (Setting a Dangerous Precedent)

In Chinese administrative and social culture, '开这口子' refers to breaching rules once, which inevitably invites uncontrollable future violations.

INTENT TAGS: #questioning #protesting #warning #skepticism
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 2 PARTICLES
编瞎话 SPOKEN CHUNK

make up lies / fabricate stories

A vivid colloquial idiom used when someone invents untrue excuses or fabricated explanations.

是吗 SPOKEN CHUNK

is that so? / right?

Placed at the end of a rhetorical assertion to challenge an assumption or demand confirmation with skepticism.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Indicates a new situation or change of state regarding their standard operating procedure.

Modal Particle「吗」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Turns the declarative sentence into a rhetorical question conveying doubt and protest.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

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