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《Light to the Night》 S1·E5 (39:04) HSK 2
tīng de dào nán de 、 nǚ de zài nà ér guǐ kū láng háo de

听得到男的、女的在那儿鬼哭狼嚎的

“We only hear men and women crying and shouting in the middle of the night.”

《Light to the Night》 S1·E5
TIMECODE: 39:04 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN xié duì miàn nà ge 1703 shì zhù jiā jīng cháng bàn yè sān gēng

斜对面那个1703是住家 经常半夜三更

“The one across, 1703, is a residence. We only hear men and women crying and shouting”

tīng de dào nán de 、 nǚ de zài nà ér guǐ kū láng háo de CURRENT FOCUS

听 得到男 的 、女 的 在那儿 鬼哭狼嚎 的

“We only hear men and women crying and shouting in the middle of the night.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN tīng dé rén dōu …

听得人都…

“It's so…”

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Scene: Daily Life
Function: COMPLAINING
Tone: SCANDALIZED
Emotion: DISGUST
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Apartment Noise Complaints and Morality Gossip

In dense residential compounds, mysterious or indecent late-night noises quickly become community gossip and trigger neighborhood complaints.

INTENT TAGS: #complaint #gossip #exaggeration #condemnation
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
鬼哭狼嚎 SPOKEN CHUNK

wailing and howling like ghosts and wolves

An idiom used pejoratively to describe terrible, shrill, or chaotic shrieks and noises.

听得到 SPOKEN CHUNK

audible; can hear

A potential complement indicating the ability or possibility to perceive a sound.

Modal Particle「的」 (de) CHANGE OF STATE

Placed at the end of a descriptive clause to assertively characterize the ongoing situation.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
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