《The Ferry Man 10th Anniversary》 S1·E19 (07:09)
HSK 3
nǐ shì lái dǎ tàn shén me ma wǒ zhǐ shì wèn yī xià
你是来打探什么吗 我只是问一下
“Are you here to pry for information? I'm just asking.”
《The Ferry Man 10th Anniversary》
S1·E19
TIMECODE: 07:09
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
zhī dào yán yù zhēn ma
知道颜玉贞吗
“know who Yan Yuzhen is?”
nǐ shì lái dǎ tàn shén me ma wǒ zhǐ shì wèn yī xià
CURRENT FOCUS
你是来 打探什么 吗 我只是 问一下
“Are you here to pry for information? I'm just asking.”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
yì zhí dōu shì nǐ zài wèn wǒ
一直都是你在问我
“You've been asking me questions the entire time.”
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Scene:
Crisis & Conflict
Function:
DEFENSIVE CLARIFICATION
Tone:
GUARDED
Emotion:
SUSPICION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Back off and stop snooping, I'm onto you even if I'm playing dumb.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Information Probing (Tan Kou Feng)
In indirect Chinese communication, people frequently 'probe the mouth wind' (tan koufeng) to test intentions before revealing sensitive information.
INTENT TAGS:
#probing
#deflection
#suspicion
#hedging
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2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
打探
SPOKEN CHUNK
to pry into; to fish for information
Use this when describing someone discreetly asking questions to uncover secrets or intel.
只是问一下
SPOKEN CHUNK
just asking; merely curious
A very common conversational buffer used to minimize the seriousness of an inquiry.
Modal Particle「吗」 (ma)
CHANGE OF STATE
Turns the suspicious statement into a direct, probing question.
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2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
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