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《Road to Success》 S1·E2 (04:13) HSK 3
zěn me nǐ yě shì lái kāi huì de

怎么你也是来开会的

“What? Are you here for the meeting, too?”

《Road to Success》 S1·E2
TIMECODE: 04:13 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wén chéng yè

文成业

“Wen Chengye?”

zěn me nǐ yě shì lái kāi huì de CURRENT FOCUS

怎么 你 也是 来开会 的

“What? Are you here for the meeting, too?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wén chéng yè tóng xué

文成业同学

“Wen Chengye.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: EXPRESSING SURPRISE
Tone: INQUISITIVE
Emotion: SURPRISE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“What are you doing here? I didn't think this meeting concerned you.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Casual Workplace Banter

Colleagues of similar rank often greet each other with mildly skeptical questions rather than standard pleasantries to build rapport.

INTENT TAGS: #inquiry #surprise #casual_greeting
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
怎么你也是 SPOKEN CHUNK

How come you are also...

Used in spoken Chinese to express mild surprise when discovering someone is doing the same thing as you.

来开会的 SPOKEN CHUNK

here to attend the meeting

A common colloquial construction using '的' at the end to indicate purpose or role.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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