《The Ferry Man 10th Anniversary》 S1·E19 (00:30)
HSK 3
zhè kào pǔ ma wǒ shì shǒu yè rén xiāng xìn wǒ
这靠谱吗 我是守夜人 相信我
“Are you sure this will work? I am a night watchman. Trust me.”
《The Ferry Man 10th Anniversary》
S1·E19
TIMECODE: 00:30
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
suǒ yǐ yào dūn zhe zǒu jìn qù zhè yàng bú huì bèi fā xiàn
所以要蹲着走进去 这样不会被发现
“walk in while crouching down, so as not to be found out.”
zhè kào pǔ ma wǒ shì shǒu yè rén xiāng xìn wǒ
CURRENT FOCUS
这靠谱吗 我是 守夜 人 相信我
“Are you sure this will work? I am a night watchman. Trust me.”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
zǒu
走
“Let's go.”
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Scene:
Daily Life
Function:
PROVIDING REASSURANCE
Tone:
ASSERTIVE
Emotion:
CONFIDENCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Quit doubting me and just follow my lead; I know what I'm doing.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Authority-Based Reassurance
Appealing to one's dedicated role or title is a standard pragmatic move in Chinese to quell doubt and compel compliance quickly in high-stakes situations.
INTENT TAGS:
#reassurance
#asserting_authority
#doubt
#persuasion
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2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
靠谱
SPOKEN CHUNK
reliable / dependable
Widely used colloquial term in northern and standard Mandarin to evaluate people, plans, or ideas.
相信我
SPOKEN CHUNK
trust me / believe me
Used imperatively to reassure someone who is anxious or doubting an outcome.
Modal Particle「吗」 (ma)
CHANGE OF STATE
Marks the polar question questioning the viability of the proposal.
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4 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
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