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《The Dream Maker》 S1·E11 (01:56) HSK 5
dà jiā děng yī děng děng yí xià nǐ men gàn má ya

大家等一等 等一下 你们干吗呀

“Please wait. Hold on! What are you doing?”

《The Dream Maker》 S1·E11
TIMECODE: 01:56 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN bié zháo jí bú yào jǐ bú yào jǐ děng yī děng děng yī děng

“No rush. Stop pushing! Wait a minute!”

dà jiā děng yī děng děng yí xià nǐ men gàn má ya CURRENT FOCUS

大家 等一等 等一下 你们 干吗呀

“Please wait. Hold on! What are you doing?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN ān jìng yī xià dōu gàn shén me zhèn zhǎng wǒ men shì lái jiāo qián de

“Quiet down! What's all this? Mr. Tan, we're here to pay.”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: DEMANDING ORDER
Tone: ASSERTIVE
Emotion: ANXIETY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Grassroots Dispute Mediation

Local officials in China must routinely intervene directly and verbally in public disorder to prevent collective unrest from escalating into serious incidents.

INTENT TAGS: #intervention #halting #questioning #crowd_control
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
等一等 SPOKEN CHUNK

wait a moment; hold on

A reduplicated verb form used to ask people to pause, softening an urgent command slightly.

干吗呀 SPOKEN CHUNK

what on earth are you doing?

An exclamation of disbelief or mild reprimand when people act disruptively.

Modal Particle「呀」 (ya) CHANGE OF STATE

Adds emotional intensity and bewilderment to the rhetorical question.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

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