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《Dream of Golden Years》 S1·E18 (25:38) HSK 6
nà fú zhuāng hái shì yào kàn shè jì ma duì bú duì nà wǒ men

那服装还是要看设计嘛 对不对 那我们

“But ultimately, clothing is all about design, right? We...”

《Dream of Golden Years》 S1·E18
TIMECODE: 25:38 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wǒ xiǎo de nà jiù shì gǎo jǐ gè rén shàng qù zǒu yī zǒu ma nà xiǎo xué tou la

我晓得那就是搞几个人 上去走一走嘛 那小噱头啦

“I know. It's just getting a few people to walk the runway. It's just a gimmick.”

nà fú zhuāng hái shì yào kàn shè jì ma duì bú duì nà wǒ men CURRENT FOCUS

那服装 还是要 看设计 嘛 对不对 那我们

“But ultimately, clothing is all about design, right? We...”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN hǎo

好

“Okay.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: COUNTERING
Tone: PERSUASIVE
Emotion: DEFENSIVENESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Don't belittle what we do as just walking around—substance and design are what really matter.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Using 'Ma' to Establish Common Sense (归纳公理)

Attaching the particle 'ma' to a counter-argument frames one's point as indisputable common sense, making direct disagreement difficult without sounding unreasonable.

INTENT TAGS: #reframing #persuasion #defending_standards #seeking_consensus
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
还是要看 SPOKEN CHUNK

still ultimately depends on / boils down to

A practical connective chunk used to guide an argument back to the core criterion or decisive factor.

对不对 SPOKEN CHUNK

right?; isn't that so?

A tag question used to prompt consensus from the listener and soften the refutation.

Modal Particle「嘛」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Emphasizes that what is being said should be an obvious truth or common sense.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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