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《The Imperial Coroner》 S2·E17 (29:01) HSK 6
xiǎng shā tā yì rú fǎn zhǎng

想杀他易如反掌

“Killing him would've been effortless.”

《The Imperial Coroner》 S2·E17
TIMECODE: 29:01 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN dāng shí yòu chén ān yǐ jīng hūn mí

当时祐辰安已经昏迷

“You Chen'an was already unconscious at that time.”

xiǎng shā tā yì rú fǎn zhǎng CURRENT FOCUS

想杀他 易如反掌

“Killing him would've been effortless.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN suǒ yǐ

所以

“So”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: DEDUCING INNOCENCE
Tone: ASSERTIVE
Emotion: DEFENSIVENESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“If we wanted him dead, he would already be dead, so stop suspecting us.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Argument by Counterfactual Logic

Highlighting an unexploited extreme advantage is a classic rhetorical device in Chinese storytelling to establish innocence or restraint.

INTENT TAGS: #justification #reasoning #defense #asserting_capability
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
想杀他 SPOKEN CHUNK

if (one) wanted to kill him

A conditional phrase implying an unrealized intent.

易如反掌 SPOKEN CHUNK

as easy as turning one's hand; effortless

A very common Chengyu used to describe an exceptionally simple task.

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1 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
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