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《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E35 (38:48) HSK 7
nà jiù yīng dāng chá míng shí qī nián qián de zhēn xiàng

那就应当查明十七年前的真相

“we should uncover the truth from 17 years ago,”

《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E35
TIMECODE: 38:48 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN ruò wèi yán dàng zhēn dǎn dà bāo tiān zhì cǐ

“If Wei Yan is truly this audacious,”

nà jiù yīng dāng chá míng shí qī nián qián de zhēn xiàng CURRENT FOCUS

那就 应当 查明 十七年前的 真相

“we should uncover the truth from 17 years ago,”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN zhū tā jiǔ zú

诛他九族

“execute his entire clan,”

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Scene: Historical & Court
Function: DEMANDING JUSTICE
Tone: RESOLUTE
Emotion: DETERMINATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Redressing Historic Injustice

In Chinese dynastic lore, vindicating wrongful deaths from decades past is essential to restoring cosmic and moral balance in governance.

INTENT TAGS: #determination #justice #assertion #investigation
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
查明真相 SPOKEN CHUNK

to uncover the truth

A standard collocation used when demanding a thorough investigation into unresolved injustices.

那就应当 SPOKEN CHUNK

then one ought to / then it is only right to

Used to introduce a firm, principled deduction based on an established condition.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

4 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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