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《Coroner's Diary》 S1·E21 (00:30) HSK 6
jiǔ xiān shēng bú shì shuō sǐ zhě yòng cān yīng gāi zài xiǎo diàn pù ma

九先生不是说 死者用餐应该在小店铺吗

“Didn't Master Wan say the victim must've eaten in a small diner?”

《Coroner's Diary》 S1·E21
TIMECODE: 00:30 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN qù chá yī chá wǎng xī shì jiǔ lóu sòng yú de dōu yǒu nǎ xiē yú fàn shì

去查一查往西市酒楼送鱼的 都有哪些鱼贩 是

“and identify the fish vendors who deliver fish to the restaurants in the West Market. Got it.”

jiǔ xiān shēng bú shì shuō sǐ zhě yòng cān yīng gāi zài xiǎo diàn pù ma CURRENT FOCUS

九先生 不是说 死者用餐应该在小店铺 吗

“Didn't Master Wan say the victim must've eaten in a small diner?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nà yú fàn wèi hé zhuān chéng sòng huò dào xiǎo diàn pù a

那鱼贩为何专程送货到小店铺啊

“Why would fish vendors bother to make deliveries to small diners?”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: CHALLENGING ASSUMPTION
Tone: INQUISITIVE
Emotion: CONFUSION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Your reasoning seems contradictory, shouldn't we clarify this detail?”
💡 Cultural Insight: Honorific Addressing (先生)

Addressing an advisor or strategist as 'X 先生' shows intellectual respect and deference to their investigative deductions.

INTENT TAGS: #querying #clarification #verifying #logical_check
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
不是说 SPOKEN CHUNK

didn't [someone] say; isn't it said that

A common rhetorical framing used to recall a previous statement and challenge or verify current actions against it.

Modal Particle「吗」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Marks a rhetorical yes-no question to prompt confirmation or prompt reconsideration.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
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