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《Agent from Above》 S1·E4 (21:51) HSK 3
āi gàn zhēn de bèi nǐ shuō zhōng le

欸 干 真的被你说中了

“Hey, Han. You guessed right.”

《Agent from Above》 S1·E4
TIMECODE: 21:51 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wǒ dōu shuō wǒ dōu shuō ……

我都说 我都说…

“I'll tell you everything.”

āi gàn zhēn de bèi nǐ shuō zhōng le CURRENT FOCUS

欸 干 真的 被你说中了

“Hey, Han. You guessed right.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN shěn lǜ shī yǐ jīng bèi guǐ gěi bī fēng le hái shuō chū le chén qī shā zài nǎ ér

“Those ghosts drove him crazy. He told us where Chi-sha is.”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: CONFIRMING PREDICTION
Tone: VULGAR
Emotion: ASTONISHMENT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Colloquial Expletive as Discourse Marker

In Taiwanese Mandarin and colloquial street speech, '干' (gàn) frequently functions similarly to the English expletive 'damn' or 'fuck' to express intense surprise or validation rather than direct hostility.

INTENT TAGS: #validating #expressing_shock #confirmation #informal_reporting
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
被你说中了 SPOKEN CHUNK

you hit the nail on the head / you called it correctly

Commonly used in spoken Chinese to acknowledge that someone's previous prediction or suspicion turned out to be completely true.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Marks the completion or realization of the prediction coming true.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 3 GRAMMAR
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