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《The Truth》 S1·E24 (35:34) HSK 7
jiù shì yīn wèi dǔ bó zhè shì tā xí fù gēn tā nǚ ér

就是因为赌博这事 他媳妇跟他女儿

“Because of his gambling, his wife and daughter got fed up and moved to Shanghai,”

《The Truth》 S1·E24
TIMECODE: 35:34 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zhào hēi zi tā zì jǐ shuō de

“Zhao Heizi bragged about it himself.”

jiù shì yīn wèi dǔ bó zhè shì tā xí fù gēn tā nǚ ér CURRENT FOCUS

就是因为 赌博这事 他媳妇跟他女儿

“Because of his gambling, his wife and daughter got fed up and moved to Shanghai,”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN yí qì zhī xià jiù qù shàng hǎi nà biān shēng huó le

“his wife and daughter got fed up and moved to Shanghai,”

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Scene: Daily Life
Function: EXPLAINING CAUSE
Tone: INFORMATIVE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Gambling and Family Ruin

Gambling is heavily stigmatized in Chinese culture as a destructive vice that shatters domestic stability and tears families apart.

INTENT TAGS: #explaining #clarification #background_sharing #attribution
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
就是因为 SPOKEN CHUNK

precisely because of

Used to emphasize the decisive root cause or primary trigger of an event.

赌博这事 SPOKEN CHUNK

this gambling matter

A colloquial way to refer to a specific issue or vice under discussion.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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