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《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E8 (09:02) HSK 7
duì nǐ rèn shí tā tā bú shì niào dú zhèng wǎn qī ma zěn me hái néng pǎo ne

对 你认识他 他不是尿毒症晚期吗 怎么还能跑呢

“Yes. Do you know him? Doesn't he have late-stage uremia? How can he still run around?”

《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E8
TIMECODE: 09:02 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nà ge gāng cái nà rén shì jiào féng lián shān ma

那个 刚才那人是叫冯连山吗

“Was that man called Feng Lianshan?”

duì nǐ rèn shí tā tā bú shì niào dú zhèng wǎn qī ma zěn me hái néng pǎo ne CURRENT FOCUS

对 你 认识 他 他 不是 尿毒症晚期 吗 怎么还能跑 呢

“Yes. Do you know him? Doesn't he have late-stage uremia? How can he still run around?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN shèn xiǎo qiú lǜ guò lǜ hé nèi shēng jī gān qīng chú lǜ liǎ jiǎn chá dōu méi chá ne

肾小球滤过率 和内生肌酐清除率 俩检查都没查呢

“Neither the glomerular filtration rate nor the endogenous creatinine clearance has been tested.”

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Scene: Medical & Health
Function: EXPRESSING SUSPICION
Tone: INCREDULOUS
Emotion: SURPRISE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Something does not add up here; a dying patient should not be sprinting away.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Malingering Suspicions in Legal/Medical Contexts

In Chinese legal or social disputes, feigning severe illness is sometimes used to evade debt, detention, or legal responsibility, prompting sharp skepticism when physical actions contradict claimed symptoms.

INTENT TAGS: #incredulity #questioning #suspicion #contradiction
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 2 PARTICLES
尿毒症晚期 SPOKEN CHUNK

end-stage uremia

A clinical term used to describe late-stage kidney failure, often heard in medical dramas or legal disputes involving medical fraud.

怎么还能 SPOKEN CHUNK

how can (someone) still...

A frequent colloquial rhetorical structure used to express bewilderment or call out a contradiction in reality.

Modal Particle「吗」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Marks a rhetorical tag question seeking confirmation of presumed shared knowledge.

Modal Particle「呢」 (ne) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens the interrogative question while highlighting confusion and a demand for explanation.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 4 GRAMMAR
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