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《The Silent Rift》 S1·E7 (21:07) HSK 3
ér qiě shì sǐ wú duì zhèng de nà zhǒng

而且是死无对证的那种

“The kind who are dead and can't testify.”

《The Silent Rift》 S1·E7
TIMECODE: 21:07 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wǒ yí dìng huì zhǎo liǎng gè tì zuì yáng

“If I were Meng Guangcai, I'd definitely find two scapegoats.”

ér qiě shì sǐ wú duì zhèng de nà zhǒng CURRENT FOCUS

而且是死无对证的那种

“The kind who are dead and can't testify.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN zuǒ lóng mǎ zhōng wǔ tā men dōu yǒu qián kē

左龙 马中武他们都有前科

“Zuo Long and Ma Zhongwu both had criminal records, and both disappeared.”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: ELABORATING SCHEME
Tone: RUTHLESS
Emotion: MALICE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“And they'll be eliminated so they can never talk.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Scapegoating and Leaving No Living Witnesses

In crime and detective dialogues, 'si wu dui zheng' (dead men tell no tales) is often linked with scapegoating. It refers to the ruthless tactic where criminal masterminds eliminate witnesses to protect themselves, cutting off all investigative leads so no one remains to testify.

INTENT TAGS: #framing #silencing witnesses #ruthless scheming
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
死无对证 SPOKEN CHUNK

dead men tell no tales; impossible to verify the truth because key witnesses are dead

Commonly used in contexts of crime, suspicion, or shifting blame, emphasizing that the truth can no longer be substantiated due to someone's death.

……的那种 SPOKEN CHUNK

the kind that...; of that sort

A highly frequent colloquial structure placed at the end of a clause to reinforce the typicality of a previously described characteristic or category.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 6 GRAMMAR
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