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《The Dark Romance》 S1·E4 (16:07) HSK 2
nà shì yīn wèi tā bù xiǎng ràng nǐ men zhī dào

那是因为她不想让你们知道

“That's because she didn't want you to know.”

《The Dark Romance》 S1·E4
TIMECODE: 16:07 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wǒ zěn me huì shén me dōu bù zhī dào ne

“How could I not know anything?”

nà shì yīn wèi tā bù xiǎng ràng nǐ men zhī dào CURRENT FOCUS

那是因为 她 不想让 你们 知道

“That's because she didn't want you to know.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN zài lěi lěi xīn lǐ

在蕾蕾心里

“In her heart,”

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Scene: Family & Home
Function: EXPLAINING REASON
Tone: OBJECTIVE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“She deliberately kept it from you, which shows how far apart you really are.”
💡 Cultural Insight: bao xi bu bao you (reporting only good news and withholding bad news)

In Chinese family culture, younger generations or family members often choose to shoulder hardships or secrets alone and deliberately conceal difficult situations to avoid worrying their loved ones.

INTENT TAGS: #explaining reasons #revealing the truth #concealing
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
那是因为…… SPOKEN CHUNK

that is because...

Used in spoken Chinese to directly respond to a question or point out the root cause behind an outcome, providing a tight logical connection.

不想让……知道 SPOKEN CHUNK

not wanting someone to know

Commonly used in interpersonal contexts to describe keeping someone in the dark or sparing them from distressing news.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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