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《Unsettled Case》 S1·E1 (11:58) HSK 5
- hái xiě le shén me ? - wǒ zhǐ sǎo le yī yǎn

- 还写了什么? - 我只扫了一眼

“- Such as? - I've only glanced at it.”

《Unsettled Case》 S1·E1
TIMECODE: 11:58 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN - wǒ de dàng àn lǐ xiě le ? - bù zhǐ xiě le zhè yì diǎn

- 我的档案里写了? - 不止写了这一点

“- That's in my file? - Among other things.”

- hái xiě le shén me ? - wǒ zhǐ sǎo le yī yǎn CURRENT FOCUS

- 还 写 了 什么 ? - 我只 扫了一眼

“- Such as? - I've only glanced at it.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nǐ zuì jìn gǎn dào yì yù ma kǎ ěr ?

你最近感到抑郁吗 卡尔?

“Have you been feeling depressed, Carl?”

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Scene: Medical & Health
Function: DOWNPLAYING
Tone: EVASIVE
Emotion: DEFENSIVENESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Don't press me on how much I saw; let's focus on the fact that you have a problem.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Boundary Negotiation around Mental Health

Inquiring into personal psychological states often carries sensitivity and stigma; speakers frequently downplay how they learned such private facts to reduce defensive confrontation.

INTENT TAGS: #evasion #minimizing #probing #deflection
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
扫了一眼 SPOKEN CHUNK

took a quick glance; skimmed

A highly colloquial verbal chunk used to describe taking a fast, casual look at documents, screens, or people.

只…了 SPOKEN CHUNK

only...; merely...

Used to minimize an action or restrict the extent of what was done to lessen responsibility.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Marks the completion of the brief action of glancing, confirming that the action occurred but was brief.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 4 GRAMMAR
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