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《The Devil Between Us》 S1·E1 (12:18) HSK 3
xiān jiāo qián hòu jiāo huò

先交钱 后交货

“Money first, then the goods.”

《The Devil Between Us》 S1·E1
TIMECODE: 12:18 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN shèng xià de qī wàn wǒ men shuō hǎo de yī shǒu jiāo qián yī shǒu jiāo huò

剩下的七万 我们说好的 一手交钱一手交货

“For the remaining 70,000, we agreed on cash on delivery.”

xiān jiāo qián hòu jiāo huò CURRENT FOCUS

先交钱 后交货

“Money first, then the goods.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN qī wàn

七万

“70,000.”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: SETTING BOUNDARIES
Tone: COMMANDING
Emotion: DISTRUST
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You don't get the goods until I see the cash in my hands.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Transactional Distrust

In high-stakes or irregular dealings lacking institutional legal backing, rigid transactional formulas replace social trust to prevent deceit.

INTENT TAGS: #demanding #bargaining #distrust #setting_conditions
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
先……后…… SPOKEN CHUNK

first... then...

A foundational pattern to establish sequential conditions, often used firmly to set rules or non-negotiable procedures.

交货 SPOKEN CHUNK

deliver the goods

A standard commercial or underworld collocation for releasing products or contraband to a buyer.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
COLLOQUIAL EXPRESSIONS:
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