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《Archives: The Nanyang Mystery》 S1·E5 (04:36) HSK 7
cāng yíng kě yǐ chuán bō xì jūn duì ba duì

苍蝇可以传播细菌对吧 对

“Flies can spread bacteria, right? Yes.”

《Archives: The Nanyang Mystery》 S1·E5
TIMECODE: 04:36 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN huàn wǒ wèn nǐ gè wèn tí

换我问你个问题

“Now it's my turn to ask you a question.”

cāng yíng kě yǐ chuán bō xì jūn duì ba duì CURRENT FOCUS

苍蝇可以传播细菌 对吧 对

“Flies can spread bacteria, right? Yes.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nà cāng yíng kě yǐ bèi rén cāo kòng ma

“Can flies be controlled by humans, then?”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: CONFIRMING INFORMATION
Tone: ASSERTIVE
Emotion: CALM
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Agree with this obvious fact first, because my real question is coming next.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Self-Answering for Narrative Momentum

Speakers in Chinese often answer their own rhetorical confirmation ('对吧 对') to speed past agreed premises without waiting for interruption.

INTENT TAGS: #confirming #leading #deduction #framing
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
传播细菌 SPOKEN CHUNK

spread bacteria; transmit germs

Standard collocation used in scientific or medical contexts to denote disease transmission.

对吧 SPOKEN CHUNK

right?; isn't that so?

Use at the end of a statement to seek agreement or confirm shared knowledge.

Modal Particle「吧」 (ba) CHANGE OF STATE

Functions as a tag question asking for listener confirmation.

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1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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