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《Echoes of a Thousand Moons》 S1·E5 (05:46) HSK 2
nà nǐ men de yì si shì

那你们的意思是

“Do you mean”

《Echoes of a Thousand Moons》 S1·E5
TIMECODE: 05:46 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN shén me jié lùn

“What conclusion?”

nà nǐ men de yì si shì CURRENT FOCUS

那 你们的意思是

“Do you mean”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN shì tā lín zhèn tuō táo wǒ wǒ méi yǒu nà ge yì si

“he deserted in the face of battle? I, I don't mean that.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: SEEKING CLARIFICATION
Tone: PROBING
Emotion: SUSPICION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Stop beating around the bush and say what you actually think happened.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Probing Beneath Implicit Speech (Hanxu)

In Chinese institutional or delicate conversations, serious accusations are rarely made outright; listeners often use open-ended prompts like this to push the speaker to take responsibility for making an explicit claim.

INTENT TAGS: #probing #clarification #pressure #confrontation
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
那你们的意思是 SPOKEN CHUNK

So what you mean is... / Are you implying that...

A highly useful conversational pivot used to demand an explicit stance when people are hinting at something uncomfortable.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
GRAMMAR BLUEPRINTS:
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