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《A Splendid Match》 S1·E13 (08:18) HSK 5
shì tài tài hài sǐ le yún yí niáng

是太太害死了云姨娘

“it was Madam Ji who killed Yunxiang.”

《A Splendid Match》 S1·E13
TIMECODE: 08:18 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN dāng nián fú shì yún yí niáng de yù píng gào sù tā

当年服侍云姨娘的玉屏 告诉她

“Yuping, who served Yunxiang. back then, told her”

shì tài tài hài sǐ le yún yí niáng CURRENT FOCUS

是 太 太 害死了 云姨娘

“it was Madam Ji who killed Yunxiang.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN shén me

什么

“What?”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: REVEALING A SECRET
Tone: ACCUSATORY
Emotion: ANGER
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Hierarchical Conflict Between Wives and Concubines

In historical Chinese households, the principal wife held supreme domestic authority, which sometimes resulted in severe maltreatment or lethal internal politics against lower-ranking concubines.

INTENT TAGS: #accusation #revelation #exposure #truth_telling
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
害死 SPOKEN CHUNK

to cause someone's death / to murder indirectly or directly

A strong resultative verb compound commonly used when attributing fatal blame to an individual.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
COLLOQUIAL EXPRESSIONS:
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