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《Cage of Shadows》 S1·E14 (07:51) HSK 7
jiē yǐ zuǒ shǒu wú míng zhǐ de chǐ cùn wèi zhǔn

皆以左手无名指的尺寸为准

“are sized according to their left ring fingers.”

《Cage of Shadows》 S1·E14
TIMECODE: 07:51 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN fán líng yá tǎ què shé yǐn lù jiè

凡伶崖塔雀舌引路戒

“All guiding rings for the voice-keepers in Lingya Tower”

jiē yǐ zuǒ shǒu wú míng zhǐ de chǐ cùn wèi zhǔn CURRENT FOCUS

皆 以 左手无名指的尺寸 为准

“are sized according to their left ring fingers.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN zhè méi jiè zhǐ de dà xiǎo

这枚戒指的大小

“As for the size of this ring...”

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Scene: Historical & Court
Function: SPECIFYING STANDARD
Tone: AUTHORITATIVE
Emotion: NEUTRALITY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Formal Declarative Tone (Jie/Fan)

Classical conjunctions like 'jie' (all) set a solemn, rule-oriented mood common in official or ceremonial decrees in Chinese historical dramas.

INTENT TAGS: #instruction #regulation #standardization #exposition
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
以……为准 SPOKEN CHUNK

take ... as the standard / subject to ...

A formal grammatical construction used to establish an authoritative benchmark or criterion.

无名指 SPOKEN CHUNK

ring finger

The standard Chinese term for the fourth digit of the hand.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

0 EXPR · 3 GRAMMAR
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Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

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