《Wonder Wall》 S1·E9 (43:17)
HSK 4
nǐ men dǎ dòng de mù dì shì shén me
你们打洞的目的是什么
“Why were you digging this tunnel?”
《Wonder Wall》
S1·E9
TIMECODE: 43:17
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
wǒ men kāi mén jiàn shān ba
我们开门见山吧
“Let's cut to the chase.”
nǐ men dǎ dòng de mù dì shì shén me
CURRENT FOCUS
你们打洞 的 目的是什么
“Why were you digging this tunnel?”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
yào yào qián
要 要钱
“For money.”
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Scene:
Legal & Police
Function:
INTERROGATING
Tone:
ASSERTIVE
Emotion:
SUSPICION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
💡 Cultural Insight: Kai Men Jian Shan (Directness)
While Chinese communication often values indirectness, prefacing a query with '开门见山' signals an explicit shift to direct confrontation or formal interrogation.
INTENT TAGS:
#interrogation
#demanding_explanation
#investigation
#directness
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2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
开门见山
SPOKEN CHUNK
straight to the point; without beating around the bush
From the previous turn; widely used in spoken Chinese to introduce blunt, direct questioning.
目的是什么
SPOKEN CHUNK
what is the purpose/goal
A formal and direct way to ask someone's underlying motives or objectives.
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