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《The Truth》 S1·E24 (35:28) HSK 2
zhào hēi zi tā zì jǐ shuō de

赵黑子他自己说的

“Zhao Heizi bragged about it himself.”

《The Truth》 S1·E24
TIMECODE: 35:28 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zhè qíng kuàng nǐ zěn me zhī dào de

“How do you know all this?”

zhào hēi zi tā zì jǐ shuō de CURRENT FOCUS

赵黑子 他自己说的

“Zhao Heizi bragged about it himself.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN jiù shì yīn wèi dǔ bó zhè shì tā xí fù gēn tā nǚ ér

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

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: CITING SOURCE
Tone: MATTER-OF-FACT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Third-party Nicknames

Calling someone by a descriptive moniker like 'Zhao Heizi' (Zhao the Black/Dark-skinned) is common in colloquial Chinese, reflecting informal social familiarity.

INTENT TAGS: #clarification #source_attribution #reporting_fact #answering
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
他自己说的 SPOKEN CHUNK

he said it himself

A common conversational phrase used to verify authenticity by citing first-person testimony.

Modal Particle「的」 (de) CHANGE OF STATE

Functions in the 'shi...de' construction to emphasize the agent and source of the action.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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