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《Ashes to Crown》 S1·E3 (41:52) HSK 7
nǐ shì hé yòng yì ? fāng cái nǐ méi yǒu fǎn bó

你是何用意? 方才你没有反驳

“What were you up to? You didn't deny it just now.”

《Ashes to Crown》 S1·E3
TIMECODE: 41:52 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN què gù yì zài tā miàn qián biǎo xiàn dé duì wǒ qīng yǎn yǒu jiā

“But in front of him, you pretended to think highly of me.”

nǐ shì hé yòng yì ? fāng cái nǐ méi yǒu fǎn bó CURRENT FOCUS

你 是何用意 ? 方才 你没有 反驳

“What were you up to? You didn't deny it just now.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN zhèng míng nǐ mò rèn wǒ jiǎng de jiù shì shì shí

证明你默认我讲的就是事实

“So, you agreed that I was telling the truth.”

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Scene: Historical & Court
Function: DEMANDING EXPLANATION
Tone: INQUISITIVE
Emotion: SUSPICION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Stop playing games with me; tell me what you are really plotting.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Tacit Admission (默认)

In Chinese communicative culture, remaining silent when an accusation or premise is made is often interpreted pragmatically as unspoken agreement or complicity.

INTENT TAGS: #interrogation #confrontation #deduction #probing
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
是何用意 SPOKEN CHUNK

what is the intention / what is the motive

A formal, slightly literary expression used to directly question someone's underlying motive.

方才 SPOKEN CHUNK

just now; a moment ago

Common in formal or period drama contexts as an equivalent to 刚才.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
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