《The Knockout》 S1·E19 (35:32)
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nǐ bú shì yǐ jīng bāng wǒ zhèng míng guò le ma
你不是已经 帮我证明过了吗
“Didn't you prove it for me?”
《The Knockout》
S1·E19
TIMECODE: 35:32
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THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
wǒ yòng zhèng míng ma
我用证明吗
“Do I need to prove it?”
nǐ bú shì yǐ jīng bāng wǒ zhèng míng guò le ma
CURRENT FOCUS
你 不是 已经 帮我证明过了 吗
“Didn't you prove it for me?”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
ān xīn
安欣
“An Xin.”
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Scene:
Legal & Police
Function:
CHALLENGING
Tone:
SARCASTIC
Emotion:
FRUSTRATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You already cleared me before, so stop interrogating me.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Turnabout via Rhetorical Questioning (Fanyi / Fanwen)
In Chinese confrontational discourse, using a negative rhetorical question ('你不是...吗') traps the counterpart with their own past commitments without making a direct personal insult.
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#counter_questioning
#self_defense
#confrontation
#irony
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2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
不是已经
SPOKEN CHUNK
haven't (you) already...
A rhetorical construction used to point out an established fact that contradicts the other person's premise.
帮我证明
SPOKEN CHUNK
helped prove my point / corroborated my innocence
Used when referring to an external party acting as an alibi or confirmation.
Modal Particle「吗」 (ma)
CHANGE OF STATE
Converts the rhetorical statement into an interrogative challenge that forces an answer.
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2 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
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