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《Light to the Night》 S1·E12 (03:19) HSK 2
dù míng liàng yǒu rén jiàn nǐ zhěng tiān zài lóu lǐ guǐ guǐ suì suì

杜明亮 有人 见你整天在楼里鬼鬼祟祟

“Du Mingliang. Someone saw you hanging around the building all day, acting suspicious.”

《Light to the Night》 S1·E12
TIMECODE: 03:19 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN rǎn jǐng guān shén me shì ?

冉警官 什么事?

“Officer Ran, what is it?”

dù míng liàng yǒu rén jiàn nǐ zhěng tiān zài lóu lǐ guǐ guǐ suì suì CURRENT FOCUS

杜明亮 有人 见你 整天 在楼里 鬼鬼祟祟

“Du Mingliang. Someone saw you hanging around the building all day, acting suspicious.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN huái yí nǐ tōu nǚ xìng nèi yī sī wà gāo gēn xié shì shuí zài guǐ chě ?

怀疑你偷女性内衣 丝袜 高跟鞋 是谁在鬼扯?

“They think you've been stealing women's underwear, stockings, and high heels. Who's spreading that nonsense?”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: CONFRONTING SUSPECT
Tone: STERN
Emotion: SUSPICION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“People have been watching you, so you better explain what shady business you're up to.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Direct Police Questioning Strategy

Chinese police often open questioning by directly citing anonymous reports from neighbors ('有人见你...') to break down psychological resistance.

INTENT TAGS: #allegation #confrontation #suspicion #interrogation
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
整天 SPOKEN CHUNK

all day long; all the time

A colloquial intensifier emphasizing persistence or repetition of an undesirable behavior.

鬼鬼祟祟 SPOKEN CHUNK

sneaky; furtive; acting suspiciously

A vivid four-character idiom (chengyu) describing stealthy and secretive behavior, usually negative.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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