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《The Truth》 S1·E24 (41:26) HSK 5
tā zài wài miàn qiàn le hǎo duō rén de qián

他在外面欠了好多人的钱

“He owed money to a lot of people.”

《The Truth》 S1·E24
TIMECODE: 41:26 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zhè zhè ge wǒ zhēn bù qīng chǔ

“I really don't know about it.”

tā zài wài miàn qiàn le hǎo duō rén de qián CURRENT FOCUS

他在外面欠了 好多 人的钱

“He owed money to a lot of people.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN ér qiě tā jiē chù rén tè bié zá

“And he hung out with all sorts of people.”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: PROVIDING INFORMATION
Tone: INFORMATIVE
Emotion: SERIOUSNESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“He has creditors everywhere, so plenty of people had a motive to go after him.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Boundary Between Private Life and Outside Dealings

The phrase '在外面' often contrasts a person's behavior at home with their potentially risky or secretive dealings in wider society.

INTENT TAGS: #revealing_background #providing_clues #pointing_suspicion #informing
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
在外面 SPOKEN CHUNK

out in public / outside the home or immediate circle

Commonly used in spoken Chinese to refer to activities, dealings, or behavior away from home.

欠了好多人的钱 SPOKEN CHUNK

owe money to many people

A colloquial way to describe being heavily in debt to multiple creditors.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Indicates the completion of incurring debts, marking a current state of being heavily indebted.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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