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《Light to the Night》 S1·E5 (20:55) HSK 7
jiù suàn sòng qīng sōng mǎi xiōng le jié guǒ yě shì wèi suì

就算宋青松买凶了 结果也是未遂

“Even if Song Qingsong hired Wolfie, the murder didn't happen.”

《Light to the Night》 S1·E5
TIMECODE: 20:55 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN gèng hé kuàng zhè xiǎo huī láng shā de shì jī

更何况 这小灰狼杀的是鸡

“Besides, Wolfie only killed chickens.”

jiù suàn sòng qīng sōng mǎi xiōng le jié guǒ yě shì wèi suì CURRENT FOCUS

就算 宋青松 买凶 了 结果 也是 未遂

“Even if Song Qingsong hired Wolfie, the murder didn't happen.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wàn yī tā hái gù le bié rén ne ?

“What if he hired someone else?”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: LEGAL ARGUMENTATION
Tone: ANALYTICAL
Emotion: SKEPTICISM
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Even if we prove he paid for a hit, nobody died, so we shouldn't waste all our resources on this angle.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Legal Differentiation of Criminal Attempt (Weisui)

In Chinese criminal law, an attempted crime ('未遂') usually receives significantly lighter punishment than a completed crime, making this distinction crucial in investigative discussions.

INTENT TAGS: #concession #legal_reasoning #downplaying #debate
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

3 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
买凶 SPOKEN CHUNK

hire a killer/hitman

A formal and crime-related term frequently used in legal discussions and crime dramas.

就算...也... SPOKEN CHUNK

even if... still...

A conditional structure used to introduce a hypothetical concession that does not alter the conclusion.

未遂 SPOKEN CHUNK

attempted (crime); failed to carry out

A standard legal term used to denote an attempted but incomplete criminal act.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Marks the completion of the hypothetical action 'buying a hitman'.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

4 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
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