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《COURT!》 S1·E18 (37:36) HSK 6
yǐ jīng suàn shì bǎ lù gěi dǔ sǐ le

已经算是把路给堵死了

“has already blocked that path.”

《COURT!》 S1·E18
TIMECODE: 37:36 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN ér qiě gāng cái hé xiù guāng

而且刚才何秀光

“And just now, He Xiuguang”

yǐ jīng suàn shì bǎ lù gěi dǔ sǐ le CURRENT FOCUS

已经 算是 把路给堵死了

“has already blocked that path.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN jiù suàn zhēn de chū tíng zuò zhèng

“Even if she does testify,”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: ASSESSING SITUATION
Tone: RESIGNED
Emotion: FRUSTRATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Leaving a Way Out (留后路)

In Chinese strategic thinking, one should avoid blocking every path; acknowledging that someone has 'blocked the road' implies an absolute and difficult impasse.

INTENT TAGS: #assessment #concluding #hopelessness #resignation
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
把路给堵死了 SPOKEN CHUNK

to block all ways forward; to leave no room for maneuver

A common idiom used when someone's action leaves zero alternatives or cuts off all options.

已经算是 SPOKEN CHUNK

can already be considered as

Used to hedge a conclusion, framing an assessment as practically true.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Marks a completed change of state, indicating the route is now permanently blocked.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 7 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

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