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《Road to Success》 S1·E19 (03:32) HSK 4
jīn tiān qiú duì bú shì yíng le ma

今天球队不是赢了吗

“Didn't the team win today?”

《Road to Success》 S1·E19
TIMECODE: 03:32 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN bù kāi xīn ma

不开心吗

“Are you feeling down?”

jīn tiān qiú duì bú shì yíng le ma CURRENT FOCUS

今天 球队 不是 赢了 吗

“Didn't the team win today?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN méi yǒu bù kāi xīn hái zi men biǎo xiàn dé dōu tǐng hǎo de wǒ zhǐ shì

没有不开心 孩子们表现得都挺好的 我只是

“I'm not unhappy. The kids did great. I'm just...”

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Scene: Social & Dating
Function: PROBING EMOTIONAL STATE
Tone: GENTLE AND QUESTIONING
Emotion: CONCERN
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You won the match, so why are you looking so down?”
💡 Cultural Insight: Indirect Concern (Guanxin)

Chinese speakers often show care by referencing external situational facts rather than asking blunt personal questions.

INTENT TAGS: #inquiry #comforting #probing #checking_in
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 2 PARTICLES
不是……吗 SPOKEN CHUNK

isn't it the case that...?

Used as a rhetorical question structure to confirm an obvious fact or express gentle confusion.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Indicates completion of the event (winning the match).

Modal Particle「吗」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Forms a rhetorical question prompting confirmation.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 4 GRAMMAR
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