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《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E7 (04:56) HSK 2
shàng cì jiàn nǐ mā yí gè yuè dōu zài zuò è mèng nǐ bù zhī dào a

上次见你妈一个月都在做噩梦 你不知道啊

“He had nightmares for a month after the last time. Didn't you know that?”

《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E7
TIMECODE: 04:56 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nǐ ràng wǒ mā jiàn yī yǎn néng zěn me de hái zi bù néng jiàn nǐ mā

“Why can't let her see him? Not a chance.”

shàng cì jiàn nǐ mā yí gè yuè dōu zài zuò è mèng nǐ bù zhī dào a CURRENT FOCUS

上次 见你妈 一个月 都在 做噩梦 你不知道啊

“He had nightmares for a month after the last time. Didn't you know that?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nà wǒ mā bèi tàng shāng bú shì yīn wèi tài xiǎng tā zǒu shén le

那我妈被烫伤 不是因为太想他走神了

“My mom got burned because she was”

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Scene: Family & Home
Function: JUSTIFYING REFUSAL
Tone: ACCUSATORY
Emotion: FRUSTRATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Your mother is terrifying to our child, so stop guilt-tripping me into letting her visit.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Mother-in-Law and Daughter-in-Law Dynamics (Po-Xi Guanxi)

Friction between a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law often extends to childcare practices, where both sides weaponize the child's emotional well-being to establish authority.

INTENT TAGS: #refusal #justification #blame #reproach
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
做噩梦 SPOKEN CHUNK

to have nightmares

Standard phrase used literally for bad dreams or figuratively for distressing experiences.

你不知道啊 SPOKEN CHUNK

don't you know? / as if you didn't know

A rhetorical tag used in spoken disputes to question the listener's awareness or accuse them of deliberate ignorance.

Modal Particle「啊」 (a) CHANGE OF STATE

Adds rhetorical, confrontational edge to the question, expressing disbelief and reproach.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

4 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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