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《Veil of Shadows》 S1·E11 (21:14) HSK 7
nǐ bú shì shuō rén jiān shí fēn wēi xiǎn ma ?

你不是说人间十分危险吗?

“But the human world is very dangerous.”

《Veil of Shadows》 S1·E11
TIMECODE: 21:14 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wǒ bù fàng xīn nǐ yí gè rén qù bào chóu wǒ gēn nǐ yì qǐ qù bei

“I'm worried about you. Let me go with you!”

nǐ bú shì shuō rén jiān shí fēn wēi xiǎn ma ? CURRENT FOCUS

你不是说 人间 十分危险 吗 ?

“But the human world is very dangerous.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN duì a suǒ yǐ wǒ gēn nǐ yì qǐ qù wǒ men liǎng gè rén de huà

对啊 所以我跟你一起去 我们两个人的话

“That's right. So I'm going with you. With us together,”

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Scene: Social & Dating
Function: CHALLENGING CONTRADICTION
Tone: SKEPTICAL
Emotion: SKEPTICISM
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You told me it was too dangerous, so why are you putting yourself in harm's way just to come with me?”
💡 Cultural Insight: Rhetorical Questioning for Contradiction

Chinese speakers frequently use negative rhetorical questions ('你不是...') to point out inconsistencies politely yet firmly.

INTENT TAGS: #questioning #confronting #skepticism #cross_examination
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
你不是说 SPOKEN CHUNK

didn't you say; haven't you said

Essential conversational pattern used to confront someone with their own prior statements.

十分危险 SPOKEN CHUNK

extremely dangerous

A common intensifier pattern ('十分' + adjective) expressing a high degree of severity.

Modal Particle「吗」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Forms a rhetorical question highlighting the speaker's doubt and demanding justification.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 3 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

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