《Road to Success》 S1·E4 (27:56)
HSK 4
zhè bú shì jiān kōng jiào shì ma
这不是间空教室吗
“[Class 12, Grade 10] Isn't this an empty classroom?”
《Road to Success》
S1·E4
TIMECODE: 27:56
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THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
gēn wǒ lái
跟我来
“Follow me.”
zhè bú shì jiān kōng jiào shì ma
CURRENT FOCUS
这不是 间 空教室 吗
“[Class 12, Grade 10] Isn't this an empty classroom?”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
chú le tì bǔ chén wèi dōng yǐ wài duì yuán men shì tōng guò tè zhāo
“[Class 12, Grade 10] Except for substitute Chen Weidong, the team members were specially recruited”
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Scene:
School & Education
Function:
SEEKING CLARIFICATION
Tone:
INQUISITIVE
Emotion:
CONFUSION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Why did you bring me here? This place looks totally abandoned.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Rhetorical Questioning (Fǎn Wèn)
Using 'Isn't this...?' highlights a perceived mismatch between expectations and immediate reality in Chinese conversational pragmatics.
INTENT TAGS:
#questioning
#skepticism
#clarification
#observing
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2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
这不是...吗
SPOKEN CHUNK
isn't this...?
A classic rhetorical pattern used to point out an obvious fact or express surprise and doubt.
空教室
SPOKEN CHUNK
empty classroom
A standard compound noun used in educational and campus contexts.
Modal Particle「吗」 (ma)
CHANGE OF STATE
Forms a rhetorical question confirming an obvious observation.
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2 EXPR · 4 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
COLLOQUIAL EXPRESSIONS:
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES
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Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
《Road to Success》 S1·E4 (27:56) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus