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《Dream of Golden Years》 S1·E18 (38:54) HSK 5
nín bú shì shuō zhè yàng huì ràng méi tǐ gèng guān zhù tā ma

您不是说这样 会让媒体更关注她吗

“Didn't you say that would only make the media pay more attention to her?”

《Dream of Golden Years》 S1·E18
TIMECODE: 38:54 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zǎo zhī dào gāng cái jiù yīng gāi bǎ tā qǐng zǒu

“If I had known earlier, I should've asked her to leave just now!”

nín bú shì shuō zhè yàng huì ràng méi tǐ gèng guān zhù tā ma CURRENT FOCUS

您 不是说 这样 会 让媒体更关注 她 吗

“Didn't you say that would only make the media pay more attention to her?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nà shì hòu kě yǐ dǎ diǎn yī xià bào zhǐ bù ràng tā men luàn xiě ma

那事后 可以打点一下报纸 不让他们乱写嘛

“Afterward, we could always manage the press and make sure they don't write anything out of line.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: QUESTIONING DECISIONS
Tone: QUESTIONING
Emotion: CONFUSION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You explicitly said this would give her publicity, so why are you backtracking now?”
💡 Cultural Insight: Polite Upward Challenge

Subordinates use honorific pronouns like '您' and rhetorical frames like 'didn't you say...' to point out inconsistencies without sounding overly disrespectful.

INTENT TAGS: #challenging #reminding #clarification #workplace_inquiry
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
您不是说 SPOKEN CHUNK

didn't you say...

A polite yet direct rhetorical formula to remind a superior or elder of something they previously stated.

更关注 SPOKEN CHUNK

pay closer attention to / focus more on

Commonly used in media, publicity, and social contexts to denote heightened interest.

Modal Particle「吗」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Forms a rhetorical question that prompts the listener to acknowledge their previous statement.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

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

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