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《Lady Liberty》 S1·E7 (07:37) HSK 5
tā men hěn zǎo jiù zài yì qǐ ér qiě gēn běn jiù méi yǒu duàn guò

他们很早就在一起 而且根本就没有断过

“(They've been together a while.) (And they never really ended it.)”

《Lady Liberty》 S1·E7
TIMECODE: 07:37 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN ér qiě shì zài gōng zuò zhōng yù dào de

而且是在工作中遇到的

“(And it's someone he met at work.)”

tā men hěn zǎo jiù zài yì qǐ ér qiě gēn běn jiù méi yǒu duàn guò CURRENT FOCUS

他们 很早 就在一起 而且 根本就没有 断过

“(They've been together a while.) (And they never really ended it.)”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN zhè ge rén shì shuí ne

这个人是谁呢

“(Who is this person?)”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: REVEALING TRUTH
Tone: FACTUAL AND DECISIVE
Emotion: SERIOUSNESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Unspoken Ties (Guanxi and Affairs)

Longstanding clandestine relationships often explain hidden motives behind professional decisions or illicit conspiracies in Chinese narratives.

INTENT TAGS: #disclosure #clarification #investigation #assertion
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

3 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
很早 SPOKEN CHUNK

very early on; a long time ago

Used to denote that an action or situation began significantly earlier than expected.

根本就 SPOKEN CHUNK

simply; fundamentally (not at all)

Used before a negative to strongly emphasize the absolute nature of an assertion.

断过 SPOKEN CHUNK

broken off; severed (relationship)

Refers colloquially to cutting off contact or breaking up a romantic or personal connection.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

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

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

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