《The Truth》 S1·E26 (18:40)
HSK 2
zhè me zuò zhí dàng de ma
这么做值当的吗
“Was it worth it?”
《The Truth》
S1·E26
TIMECODE: 18:40
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THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
zhè yàng wǒ men jiù bú huì huái yí dào bǎi xuě shēn shàng duì ma
这样我们就不会 怀疑到柏雪身上 对吗
“So we wouldn't suspect Bai Xue, right?”
zhè me zuò zhí dàng de ma
CURRENT FOCUS
这么做 值当的 吗
“Was it worth it?”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
wǒ cóng xiǎo
我从小
“I have never felt the warmth of a family since I was little.”
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Scene:
Legal & Police
Function:
QUESTIONING VALUE
Tone:
QUESTIONING
Emotion:
PITY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You gave up so much to cover for someone else, and for what? It was completely pointless.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Weighing Emotional Cost (值当)
Chinese speakers often invoke pragmatic cost-benefit terms like 值当 to challenge actions driven purely by blind loyalty or emotional impulsiveness.
INTENT TAGS:
#questioning
#evaluating
#skepticism
#pity
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2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
值当的
SPOKEN CHUNK
worthwhile; worth it
A highly colloquial Northern Chinese alternative to 值得 (zhíde), commonly used in rhetorical questions.
这么做
SPOKEN CHUNK
doing this; acting in this manner
A standard spoken phrase used to refer to a specific course of action just discussed.
Modal Particle「吗」 (ma)
CHANGE OF STATE
Marks a direct yes-no question with a skeptical or rhetorical undertone.
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2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
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