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《The Imperial Coroner》 S2·E9 (04:28) HSK 4
ér shì fú shí le yī zhǒng dú wù

而是服食了一种毒物

“He ingested a poison instead.”

《The Imperial Coroner》 S2·E9
TIMECODE: 04:28 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN shuō míng tā gēn běn bú shì tū fā xīn jí ér wáng

“It means he didn't die of a sudden heart illness.”

ér shì fú shí le yī zhǒng dú wù CURRENT FOCUS

而是 服食了 一种 毒物

“He ingested a poison instead.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN yǐ zhì yú zài jí duǎn de shí jiān nèi

“One that severely damaged”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: PRESENTING EVIDENCE
Tone: ASSERTIVE
Emotion: SERIOUSNESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Dialectical Refutation (Bu Shi... Er Shi...)

In formal Chinese rhetoric and investigative analysis, explicitly negating a false assumption before stating the factual truth is standard practice to strengthen argumentative authority.

INTENT TAGS: #clarification #asserting_facts #refutation #deduction
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
而是 SPOKEN CHUNK

but rather; instead

Typically pairs with '不是' (not A, but rather B) to correct a misconception and present the truth.

服食 SPOKEN CHUNK

to ingest; to take (medicine or poison)

A formal, literary verb used especially in historical or medical contexts for consuming ingestibles.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 3 GRAMMAR
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