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《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E7 (01:49) HSK 6
nǐ gěi nà ge shěn fǎ guān dǎ zhāo hū shén me shěn fǎ guān

你给那个沈法官打招呼 什么沈法官

“How about you tell the Judge Shen... What Judge Shen?”

《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E7
TIMECODE: 01:49 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zhǎo de jiù shì tā

找的就是他

“I wouldn't be surprised if she hand-picked him herself.”

nǐ gěi nà ge shěn fǎ guān dǎ zhāo hū shén me shěn fǎ guān CURRENT FOCUS

你给 那个 沈法官 打招呼 什么沈法官

“How about you tell the Judge Shen... What Judge Shen?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN rén wáng fǎ guān tài dù tǐng hǎo de

人王法官态度挺好的

“Judge Wang actually has a decent attitude.”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: CLARIFYING
Tone: INCREDULOUS
Emotion: CONFUSION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Wait, who is Judge Shen? You've got the wrong person.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Rhetorical Dismissal with 'Shenme'

Prefacing a repeated term with '什么' directly challenges the validity or factual accuracy of the interlocutor's previous statement.

INTENT TAGS: #confusion #clarification #disbelief #correction
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
什么 SPOKEN CHUNK

what / what kind of

Placed before a noun phrase in spoken Chinese to express disbelief, confusion, or dismissive rebuttal.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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