《River Sunset》 S1·E2 (18:00)
HSK 4
nǐ jué de zhè ge rén shì sǐ shì huó
你觉得这个人是死是活
“Do you think this man is dead or alive?”
《River Sunset》
S1·E2
TIMECODE: 18:00
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
zuǒ zuǒ mù
佐佐木
“Sasaki.”
nǐ jué de zhè ge rén shì sǐ shì huó
CURRENT FOCUS
你觉得 这个人 是死是活
“Do you think this man is dead or alive?”
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Scene:
Legal & Police
Function:
SEEKING JUDGMENT
Tone:
INQUIRING
Emotion:
CURIOSITY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
💡 Cultural Insight: Symmetrical Idiomatic Pairs
Chinese frequently balances antonyms in a four-syllable structure (是A是B, such as 是死是活) to capture all possibilities concisely and rhythmically.
INTENT TAGS:
#questioning
#deduction
#investigation
#evaluating
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2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
是死是活
SPOKEN CHUNK
whether dead or alive
A common four-character antithetical idiom used when the fate of a person is unknown.
你觉得
SPOKEN CHUNK
do you think; in your opinion
Everyday phrasing to open a prompt asking for someone's perspective or hypothesis.
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3 EXPR · 3 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
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《River Sunset》 S1·E2 (18:00) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus