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《Light to the Night》 S1·E11 (38:18) HSK 7
wèi le wǔ bǎi kuài qián dīng le xú jiā liù nián ?

为了五百块钱 盯了徐家六年?

“You've been spying on them for six years just for 500 yuan?”

《Light to the Night》 S1·E11
TIMECODE: 38:18 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN yǒu shén me yì cháng qíng kuàng jiù dǎ diàn huà gēn tā huì bào

有什么异常情况 就打电话跟他汇报

“He told me to call him if I found anything unusual.”

wèi le wǔ bǎi kuài qián dīng le xú jiā liù nián ? CURRENT FOCUS

为了五百块钱 盯了徐家六年?

“You've been spying on them for six years just for 500 yuan?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ shì gōng shāng cán fèi le yòu lí le hūn

我是工伤残废了 又离了婚

“A work accident left me handicapped. And I'm divorced.”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: CHALLENGING MOTIVE
Tone: INCREDULOUS
Emotion: SKEPTICISM
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Don't lie to me; nobody spies on a family for six years just for five hundred bucks.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Proportionality of Motivation in Questioning

In Chinese legal and formal investigations, examiners heavily interrogate the economic logic of a suspect's behavior to detect fabricated alibis.

INTENT TAGS: #interrogation #disbelief #challenging #probing
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
为了 SPOKEN CHUNK

for the sake of; in order to

Introduces the motive or purpose behind an action.

盯了 SPOKEN CHUNK

kept watch on; surveilled

Colloquial verb meaning to keep close tabs on or stalk someone.

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