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《Lady Liberty》 S1·E17 (42:34) HSK 2
nǐ shuō liǎng gè rén yì qǐ qù wǒ jìn qù shā rén nǐ zài wài miàn bǎ fēng shì ma

你说两个人一起去 我进去杀人 你在外面把风是吗

“You mean we go together? I go in to kill them, and you keep watch outside?”

《Lady Liberty》 S1·E17
TIMECODE: 42:34 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nà yào bù rán zhè yàng nǐ zài qián miàn chōng wǒ bāng nǐ duàn hòu

“How about this? You charge in, and I cover you from behind.”

nǐ shuō liǎng gè rén yì qǐ qù wǒ jìn qù shā rén nǐ zài wài miàn bǎ fēng shì ma CURRENT FOCUS

你说 两个人 一起去 我进去 杀人 你在外面 把风 是吗

“You mean we go together? I go in to kill them, and you keep watch outside?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN duì a

对啊

“Yes. And if it really comes to it,”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: CHALLENGING PROPOSAL
Tone: INCREDULOUS AND BITING
Emotion: ANNOYANCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You are making me do all the dirty work while you stay safe.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Calling Out Unequal Burden

In Chinese informal partnerships, calling out someone for offering 'cover' while making you bear the real danger is often phrased as an exaggerated rhetorical question.

INTENT TAGS: #challenging #sarcasm #calling_out #negotiation
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
把风 SPOKEN CHUNK

to keep watch; to act as a lookout

Colloquial term used when someone stands guard during a secretive or risky action.

是吗 SPOKEN CHUNK

is that so?; really?

Placed at the end of a rhetorical restatement to challenge the listener's logic.

Modal Particle「吗」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Forms a challenging question that demands confirmation of an absurd scenario.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

5 EXPR · 2 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

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