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《Lady Liberty》 S1·E31 (19:23) HSK 5
nǐ bú shì shuō nǐ yǒu tuī guǎng néng lì ma wǒ dào yào kàn kàn

你不是说你有推广能力吗 我倒要看看

“Didn't you say you're good at promoting? I'd like to see”

《Lady Liberty》 S1·E31
TIMECODE: 19:23 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zěn me tū rán jiù gǎi biàn zhǔ yì le

怎么突然就改变主意了

“Why the sudden change of heart?”

nǐ bú shì shuō nǐ yǒu tuī guǎng néng lì ma wǒ dào yào kàn kàn CURRENT FOCUS

你不是说 你 有 推广 能 力 吗 我倒要看看

“Didn't you say you're good at promoting? I'd like to see”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nǐ yǒu duō dà de tuī guǎng néng lì ya

你有多大的推广能力呀

“just how good you really are.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: CHALLENGING AUTHORITY
Tone: CHALLENGING
Emotion: SKEPTICISM
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You talked big, now let's see if you can actually deliver.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Calling Out Boasting

In competitive Chinese workplace environments, using '倒要看看' directly challenges the opponent's face by demanding concrete proof of competence.

INTENT TAGS: #challenging #skepticism #calling_bluff #confrontation
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
倒要看看 SPOKEN CHUNK

will wait and see / really want to see

A strong, skeptical idiom used when challenging someone to prove their claims.

推广能力 SPOKEN CHUNK

promotional / marketing capability

A standard professional collocation in marketing, sales, and PR contexts.

Modal Particle「吗」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Forms a rhetorical question highlighting the contradiction in the listener's past claim.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 6 GRAMMAR
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