MC
MandarinClips Cinema Corpus
《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E9 (22:58) HSK 6
wǒ zhī xiǎo bàn àn bù yí duō wèn

我知晓办案不宜多问

“I know I shouldn't ask too much about the case,”

《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E9
TIMECODE: 22:58 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN gāi rú hé shì hǎo a

该如何是好啊

“what should we do?”

wǒ zhī xiǎo bàn àn bù yí duō wèn CURRENT FOCUS

我知晓办案不宜 多问

“I know I shouldn't ask too much about the case,”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN kě jiā zhōng bāo mèi shàng xiǎo

“but my sister is still young.”

Subtitles synced to millisecond timecode Browse Show Clips →
Scene: Legal & Police
Function: PREFACING PLEA
Tone: PLEADING
Emotion: ANXIETY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I know I am out of line to ask, but I am desperate about my family's fate.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Polite Disclaimers (Ke Qi)

In Chinese communication, acknowledging the rules or potential impropriety first reduces friction before making a sensitive request.

INTENT TAGS: #preface #plea #politeness #hedging
🧩

LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
不宜多问 SPOKEN CHUNK

inadvisable to pry / should not ask too many questions

A formal phrasing used to acknowledge that inquiry might violate protocol or etiquette.

🏮

VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
COLLOQUIAL EXPRESSIONS:
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

EXPLORE BY SEMANTIC SIMILARITY
《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E9 (22:58) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus