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《About Love》 S1·E26 (07:01) HSK 6
shì fēn shǒu yǐ hòu cái xiǎo de de

是分手以后才晓得的

“I didn't find out until after we broke up.”

《About Love》 S1·E26
TIMECODE: 07:01 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nà shí hòu tā yǐ jīng shēng le

那时候她已经生了

“By then, she had already had the baby.”

shì fēn shǒu yǐ hòu cái xiǎo de de CURRENT FOCUS

是 分手以后才晓得 的

“I didn't find out until after we broke up.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN tā méi yǒu gào sù wǒ

她没有告诉我

“She never told me.”

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Scene: Social & Dating
Function: CLARIFYING TIMELINE
Tone: EARNEST
Emotion: DEFENSIVENESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Don't blame me for walking away—she never told me while we were together.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Regional Lexicon in Spoken Chinese

The term '晓得' is frequently used in southwestern, Wu, and colloquial southern Mandarin instead of the standard '知道' to express 'to know'.

INTENT TAGS: #clarification #self_defense #timing_emphasis #alibi
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
才晓得 SPOKEN CHUNK

only then realized / only found out later

Commonly used in spoken Chinese (especially southern/regional varieties) with '才' to highlight that information was acquired surprisingly late.

Modal Particle「的」 (de) CHANGE OF STATE

Functions within the '是...的' construction to emphasize the specific circumstance and timing of an action.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
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