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《Archives: The Nanyang Mystery》 S1·E2 (26:54) HSK 3
guān yú zhè ge shuǐ guǐ yě yì zhí shì bǔ fēng zhuō yǐng

关于这个水鬼也一直是捕风捉影

“The so-called "water ghost" has always been nothing but rumors—”

《Archives: The Nanyang Mystery》 S1·E2
TIMECODE: 26:54 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zhè piàn hǎi yù xiāo shī le yī sōu dà xíng kè lún yǐ jīng yǒu yī nián de shí jiān le

这片海域消失了一艘大型客轮 已经有一年的时间了

“A large passenger ship has been missing in this sea area for a year.”

guān yú zhè ge shuǐ guǐ yě yì zhí shì bǔ fēng zhuō yǐng CURRENT FOCUS

关于 这个 水鬼也一直是 捕风捉影

“The so-called "water ghost" has always been nothing but rumors—”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN dàn shì cóng lái méi yǒu guò zhèng jù

但是从来没有过证据

“never any evidence.”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: DISMISSING RUMORS
Tone: OBJECTIVE
Emotion: SKEPTICISM
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Don't buy into ghost stories; we can't base our investigation on baseless rumors.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Folklore vs. Empiricism

Urban legends like 'water ghosts' frequently arise around maritime disasters in Chinese popular culture, which rational characters will actively debunk with idioms like '捕风捉影'.

INTENT TAGS: #skepticism #debunking #rumor_dismissal #fact_checking
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
捕风捉影 SPOKEN CHUNK

chasing shadows; making groundless allegations or relying on baseless rumors

A formal four-character idiom (chengyu) used to critique claims that lack factual basis.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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