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《The First Jasmine》 S1·E19 (14:53) HSK 6
shěn wèn qiú xiǎn de shí hòu nǐ zài láo lǐ ba

审问裘显的时候你在牢里吧

“Were you present during Qiu Xian's interrogation?”

《The First Jasmine》 S1·E19
TIMECODE: 14:53 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN yě méi rén gǎn tì nǐ shuō yī jù huà

也没人敢替你说一句话

“no one would dare speak for you.”

shěn wèn qiú xiǎn de shí hòu nǐ zài láo lǐ ba CURRENT FOCUS

审问裘显的时候 你在牢里吧

“Were you present during Qiu Xian's interrogation?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN shì qíng shì nǐ gào sù mù yáng hóu de ba

“You told Marquis Muyang about everything?”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: VERIFYING INFORMATION
Tone: INQUISITIVE
Emotion: SUSPICION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Don't pretend you know nothing; I know you were right there listening.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Rhetorical Trap-setting

In Chinese interrogations, starting with a mild tag-question '吧' often serves as a psychological pressure tactic to force an admission.

INTENT TAGS: #interrogation #verification #accusation #probing
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
审问 SPOKEN CHUNK

to interrogate; to question a suspect

Used in formal legal or police contexts when questioning suspects under custody.

在牢里 SPOKEN CHUNK

in prison / in jail

A common spoken way to describe someone being detained or imprisoned.

Modal Particle「吧」 (ba) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens the inquiry while indicating the speaker already strongly presumes the assumption is true.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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