《River Sunset》 S1·E19 (31:23)
HSK 4
nà hái yòng huái yí ma
那还用怀疑吗
“...is there any need to doubt?”
《River Sunset》
S1·E19
TIMECODE: 31:23
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THE DIALOGUE REEL
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rú guǒ zhēn de shì gē zi de huà
如果真的是鸽子的话
“If it really is pigeons...”
nà hái yòng huái yí ma
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那还用怀疑吗
“...is there any need to doubt?”
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Scene:
Legal & Police
Function:
AFFIRMING CERTAINTY
Tone:
ASSERTIVE
Emotion:
CONFIDENCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Obviously! It's a no-brainer.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Rhetorical Certainty in Deduction
Chinese speakers frequently use rhetorical question structures like '那还用...吗' instead of a simple 'yes' to show strong conviction and confidence in collective reasoning.
INTENT TAGS:
#affirmation
#certainty
#deduction
#rhetorical_question
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2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
那还用
SPOKEN CHUNK
is there any need to / goes without saying
A colloquial rhetorical pattern used to dismiss doubt and emphasize that something is completely self-evident.
怀疑
SPOKEN CHUNK
to doubt / to suspect
Common verb used in discussions or investigations to question the validity of a premise.
Modal Particle「吗」 (ma)
CHANGE OF STATE
Forms a rhetorical question here, forcefully turning the literal question into an emphatic statement of certainty.
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1 EXPR · 5 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
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《River Sunset》 S1·E19 (31:23) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus