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《River Sunset》 S1·E22 (05:21) HSK 7
shuí jiā yǎng gē zi le

谁家养鸽子了

“who is raising pigeons.”

《River Sunset》 S1·E22
TIMECODE: 05:21 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zhèng zài àn zhōng chá fǎng

正在暗中查访

“are secretly investigating”

shuí jiā yǎng gē zi le CURRENT FOCUS

谁家养鸽子了

“who is raising pigeons.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN shì wǒ jiā nǎ lái de gē zi

是我家哪来的鸽子

“Where would my family get pigeons?”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: INQUIRING INFORMATION
Tone: INQUISITIVE
Emotion: SUSPICION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Did someone here raise pigeons, or are these being used to send secret messages?”
💡 Cultural Insight: Carrier Pigeons in Espionage

In historical and period detective contexts, raising pigeons often signifies clandestine message transmission rather than mere pet keeping.

INTENT TAGS: #inquiry #suspicion #investigation #verification
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
谁家 SPOKEN CHUNK

whose household / whose family

Commonly used in spoken Chinese to ask which household an item, person, or activity belongs to.

养鸽子 SPOKEN CHUNK

to raise pigeons

A standard verb-object phrase referring to keeping or breeding pigeons.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Marks a new situation or realization that someone has started keeping pigeons.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 3 GRAMMAR
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