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《The Glamorous Night》 S1·E13 (13:07) HSK 1
zán bú shì shuō hǎo xià gè yuè hái de ma

咱不是说好下个月还的吗

“Sir, didn't we agree I'd repay next month?”

《The Glamorous Night》 S1·E13
TIMECODE: 13:07 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN dà gē

大哥

“Sir, didn't we agree I'd repay next month?”

zán bú shì shuō hǎo xià gè yuè hái de ma CURRENT FOCUS

咱不是 说好下个月还 的吗

“Sir, didn't we agree I'd repay next month?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN shuí gēn nǐ jiǎng hǎo de ya jū wěi huì hái gēn wǒ shuō zhè piàn yào chāi qiān

谁跟你讲好的呀 居委会还跟我说这片要拆迁

“Who agreed to that? The neighborhood committee promised demolition here.”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: REMINDING AND QUESTIONING
Tone: DEFENSIVE
Emotion: FRUSTRATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Why are you pressing me now? We already agreed on next month!”
💡 Cultural Insight: Verbal Agreements in Debt Collection

Informal loans among acquaintances often rely on verbal promises, making collections contentious when one party breaks the agreed timeline.

INTENT TAGS: #protesting #reminding #defending #appealing
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
说好 SPOKEN CHUNK

to reach an agreement; to agree on

Commonly used in spoken Chinese to refer to a prior verbal consensus or promise.

不是……吗 SPOKEN CHUNK

isn't it the case that...

A rhetorical question pattern used to challenge or remind the listener of an established fact.

Modal Particle「吗」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Marks a rhetorical question that expresses disbelief and appeals to an existing consensus.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 4 GRAMMAR
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