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《Eight Hundred》 S1·E4 (19:09) HSK 5
bú shì bào jǐng ma

不是报警吗

“Weren't you reporting something?”

《Eight Hundred》 S1·E4
TIMECODE: 19:09 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wèn nǐ huà ne

问你话呢

“I'm asking you a question. Weren't you reporting something?”

bú shì bào jǐng ma CURRENT FOCUS

不是报警吗

“Weren't you reporting something?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wèi shén me yào bào jǐng a

为什么要报警啊

“Why do you want to call the police?”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: SEEKING CLARIFICATION
Tone: INCREDULOUS AND PROBING
Emotion: CONFUSION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Wait, I thought we agreed to call the cops! Why aren't we doing that?”
💡 Cultural Insight: Negative Rhetorical Questions for Surprise

Starting a question with '不是...吗' expresses strong surprise when reality deviates sharply from the speaker's prior assumptions.

INTENT TAGS: #clarification #incredulity #questioning #urgency
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
报警 SPOKEN CHUNK

to report an incident to the police

The standard Chinese term for dialing emergency services or notifying law enforcement.

Modal Particle「吗」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Forms a rhetorical negative question conveying surprise and seeking confirmation.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 3 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

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