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《The Imperial Coroner》 S2·E16 (24:33) HSK 7
wǒ yě shì tīng le yī wèi yǒu rén de jiàn yì

我也是听了一位友人的建议

“I took my friend's advice.”

《The Imperial Coroner》 S2·E16
TIMECODE: 24:33 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nǐ yào ná zhè me duō yín zi zuò shén me

“what are you trying to do with all this money?”

wǒ yě shì tīng le yī wèi yǒu rén de jiàn yì CURRENT FOCUS

我也是 听了一位友人的建议

“I took my friend's advice.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN chéng qīn zhī hòu

成亲之后

“After we got married,”

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Scene: Historical & Court
Function: JUSTIFYING ACTION
Tone: CONCILIATORY AND EVASIVE
Emotion: DEFENSIVENESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Don't blame me for asking; someone trustworthy told me this is what I should do.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Third-Party Deflection

Invoking advice from an unnamed friend or elder is a common conversational buffer to soften direct demands for money or sensitive resources.

INTENT TAGS: #deflection #justification #explanation #softening
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
听了……的建议 SPOKEN CHUNK

followed someone's advice / listened to someone's suggestion

Standard pattern for attributing a decision or action to someone else's recommendation.

我也是 SPOKEN CHUNK

I also / I was merely

Often placed at the beginning of an explanation to soften responsibility or present oneself as reasonable.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Marks the completion of receiving or adopting the advice.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 6 GRAMMAR
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