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《Live up to Your Youth》 S1·E26 (41:26) HSK 5
zhè gōng rén bù dōu qí le ma

这工人不都齐了吗

“Aren't all the workers here?”

《Live up to Your Youth》 S1·E26
TIMECODE: 41:26 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zhǎo shén me gōng rén a

找什么工人啊

“What workers?”

zhè gōng rén bù dōu qí le ma CURRENT FOCUS

这工人 不都齐了吗

“Aren't all the workers here?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN qí qí le

齐 齐了

“They are?”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: CHALLENGING STATEMENT
Tone: RHETORICAL
Emotion: IMPATIENCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Why are you still looking? Everyone we need is already here.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Rhetorical Questioning in Everyday Tasks

Using rhetorical negative questions is a very frequent spoken Chinese tactic to highlight self-evident circumstances and prevent redundant effort.

INTENT TAGS: #questioning #checking #rebuttal #verifying
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
不都……了吗 SPOKEN CHUNK

aren't they all already...

A rhetorical pattern used to point out an obvious fact that contradicts someone else's assumption or action.

齐了 SPOKEN CHUNK

all present / complete

Used to confirm that all required people or items have assembled or been accounted for.

Modal Particle「吗」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Forms a rhetorical question to highlight what the speaker perceives as obvious.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
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