MC
MandarinClips Cinema Corpus
《The Heir》 S1·E36 (21:07) HSK 3
zán men shì bú shì yě gāi bàn zhèng shì le

咱们是不是也该办正事了

“Shouldn't we get down to business?”

《The Heir》 S1·E36
TIMECODE: 21:07 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN gē lán lù de xiǎo guǐ dōu liào lǐ gān jìng le

“Benchang, the obstacles have been cleared.”

zán men shì bú shì yě gāi bàn zhèng shì le CURRENT FOCUS

咱们 是不是 也该 办正事 了

“Shouldn't we get down to business?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN jiào rén kàn zhe tā gěi tā sòng diǎn chī de hē de jìn lái

“Have someone watch her. Bring her some food and drinks.”

Subtitles synced to millisecond timecode Browse Show Clips →
Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: PROMPTING
Tone: PROMPTING
Emotion: ANTICIPATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Enough with the preliminaries; let's get the real work started.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Subtle Urging via Rhetorical Questions

Using '是不是' softens a direct demand into a collaborative suggestion, respecting the leader's authority.

INTENT TAGS: #prompting #action_oriented #transition #urgency
🧩

LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
是不是也该 SPOKEN CHUNK

isn't it about time to ...

A polite, rhetorical phrasing used to urge someone to act without sounding aggressive.

办正事 SPOKEN CHUNK

get down to serious business

Used colloquially to refer to core tasks, official work, or main operational objectives.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Indicates that the appropriate time for the action has arrived.

🏮

VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

EXPLORE BY SEMANTIC SIMILARITY
《The Heir》 S1·E36 (21:07) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus