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《Vanished Name》 S1·E23 (01:50) HSK 5
yě bù huí sù shè wǒ men kě dān xīn nǐ le

也不回宿舍 我们可担心你了

“And you didn't come back. We were so worried about you.”

《Vanished Name》 S1·E23
TIMECODE: 01:50 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nǐ zuó tiān wǎn shàng qù nǎ ér le nǐ zěn me yì zhí méi jiē shǒu jī ya

“Where were you last night? Why didn't you answer your phone?”

yě bù huí sù shè wǒ men kě dān xīn nǐ le CURRENT FOCUS

也不 回宿舍 我们 可担心你了

“And you didn't come back. We were so worried about you.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN shì a

是啊

“Yeah.”

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Scene: School & Education
Function: EXPRESSING CONCERN
Tone: CARING
Emotion: ANXIETY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You vanished all night and scared us to death—what on earth happened?”
💡 Cultural Insight: Dormitory Culture (寝室文化)

Chinese college students live in close quarters in assigned shared rooms, creating tight peer surveillance and communal bonds where staying out unnoticed is practically impossible.

INTENT TAGS: #concern #probing #mild_reproach #solidarity
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
回宿舍 SPOKEN CHUNK

return to the dormitory

A ubiquitous term in Chinese student life referring to campus dorm housing.

可担心你了 SPOKEN CHUNK

really worried about you

'可' is used here as an emphatic adverb to mean 'truly' or 'so'.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Marks the completed state of being worried and emphasizes personal involvement.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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