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《The Inner Eye》 S1·E12 (35:56) HSK 5
nà ge lǎo bǎn míng xiǎn bù tài duì jìn

那个老板明显不太对劲

“The owner there was clearly acting strange.”

《The Inner Eye》 S1·E12
TIMECODE: 35:56 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN shāo kǎo diàn páng biān de biàn lì diàn

烧烤店旁边的便利店

“to the convenience store next to the grill.”

nà ge lǎo bǎn míng xiǎn bù tài duì jìn CURRENT FOCUS

那个 老板 明显 不太对劲

“The owner there was clearly acting strange.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wèn dào shén me ma

问到什么吗

“Did you find out anything?”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: SHARING SUSPICION
Tone: ASSERTIVE
Emotion: SUSPICION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Duijin (Intuitive Suspicion)

In Chinese detective and investigative contexts, saying someone is '不正常' sounds clinical, whereas '不对劲' conveys an intuitive sense that something smells fishy.

INTENT TAGS: #suspicion #deduction #observation #alerting
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
明显 SPOKEN CHUNK

clearly / obviously

Used as an adverb to emphasize that evidence or an impression is undeniable.

不太对劲 SPOKEN CHUNK

something is off / not quite right

An essential spoken phrase to describe a gut feeling that a person or situation is shady or abnormal.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

4 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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