MC
MandarinClips Cinema Corpus
《Dream of Golden Years》 S1·E32 (07:57) HSK 7
wǒ zǎo jiù gēn tā men jiāo dài qīng chǔ le chá bú dào zán tóu shàng

我早就跟他们 交代清楚了 查不到咱头上

“I had made everything clear to them. There's no way they can trace it back to us.”

《Dream of Golden Years》 S1·E32
TIMECODE: 07:57 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN xióng gē nǐ fàng xīn zhè shì wǒ zhǎo gǎng dǎo nà biān guò lái de wén zi gàn de

雄哥 你放心 这事我找港岛那边 过来的蚊子干的

“Yixiong, don't worry. I had Mosquito from Kong Island handle this.”

wǒ zǎo jiù gēn tā men jiāo dài qīng chǔ le chá bú dào zán tóu shàng CURRENT FOCUS

我 早就 跟 他们 交代清楚 了 查不到 咱头上

“I had made everything clear to them. There's no way they can trace it back to us.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nǐ zhè wǒ

你这 我

“You... I...”

Subtitles synced to millisecond timecode Browse Show Clips →
Scene: Legal & Police
Function: REASSURING
Tone: ASSERTIVE
Emotion: CONFIDENCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Scapegoating and Insulation

In underworld or illicit dealings depicted in Chinese media, using external hitmen or middlemen to insulate oneself from liability ('not tracing to our heads') is a classic trope.

INTENT TAGS: #reassurance #self_protection #evasion #complicity
🧩

LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
交代清楚 SPOKEN CHUNK

to instruct thoroughly; to brief clearly

Widely used when making sure subordinates understand orders or precautions completely.

查不到咱头上 SPOKEN CHUNK

won't be traced back to us

A colloquial idiom meaning investigations or blame will not reach the speakers.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Indicates completion of the action, conveying finality and assurance that the precaution is already done.

🏮

VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

EXPLORE BY SEMANTIC SIMILARITY
《Dream of Golden Years》 S1·E32 (07:57) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus