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《The Imperial Coroner》 S2·E9 (11:24) HSK 1
hái yǒu nǐ men bù zài jiā de shí chén

还有你们不在家的时辰

“and knew when you would be away.”

《The Imperial Coroner》 S2·E9
TIMECODE: 11:24 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN néng gòu zhī dào huā de qù xiàng

能够知道花的去向

“He knew where the flower would go”

hái yǒu nǐ men bù zài jiā de shí chén CURRENT FOCUS

还有 你们 不在家 的 时 辰

“and knew when you would be away.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN shēn xíng hé jǐng yì xiāng sì

“He has a build similar to Jing Yi”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: SUPPLYING EVIDENCE
Tone: ANALYTICAL
Emotion: FOCUS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Traditional Time Measurement (Shichen)

Ancient China divided a day into twelve two-hour periods named after the Earthly Branches, crucial for tracking alibis in historical cases.

INTENT TAGS: #deduction #reasoning #specifying #investigation
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
时辰 SPOKEN CHUNK

time / two-hour period

Traditional Chinese unit of time equal to two modern hours, often used generally to mean specific time or hours.

不在家 SPOKEN CHUNK

not at home / away

Standard everyday phrase indicating someone's absence from their residence.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 9 GRAMMAR
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