《The Truth》 S1·E24 (40:59)
HSK 3
dà gài yí gè yuè qián ba
大概一个月前吧
“About a month ago,”
《The Truth》
S1·E24
TIMECODE: 40:59
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THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
tā shì gàn tā shì gàn nà ge jiè dài gōng sī de
他是干 他是干那个借贷公司的
“He runs a loan company.”
dà gài yí gè yuè qián ba
CURRENT FOCUS
大概一个月前 吧
“About a month ago,”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
zhào hēi zi cóng tā nà ér jiè le shí wàn kuài qián tā dào xiàn zài dōu méi hái
赵黑子从他那儿借了十万块钱 他到现在都没还
“Zhao Heizi borrowed 100,000 yuan from him. He still hasn't paid it back.”
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Scene:
Legal & Police
Function:
PROVIDING INFORMATION
Tone:
CASUAL
Emotion:
CALM
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
💡 Cultural Insight: Approximation in Spoken Recall
Using words like '大概' combined with sentence-final '吧' is standard in Chinese conversation to avoid absolute claims and hedge memory recall.
INTENT TAGS:
#estimation
#hedging
#recounting
#timeline
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1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
大概一个月前
SPOKEN CHUNK
Roughly a month ago
Useful temporal expression for estimating past time frames without committing to a specific date.
Modal Particle「吧」 (ba)
CHANGE OF STATE
Softens the statement to show estimation or moderate uncertainty.
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1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
COLLOQUIAL EXPRESSIONS:
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《The Truth》 S1·E24 (40:59) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus