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《The Guilty》 S1·E11 (10:45) HSK 7
shàng wǔ jiù chū qù le bù zhī dào qù nǎ dǎ má jiāng qù le

上午就出去了 不知道去哪打麻将去了

“He left this morning. Probably off playing mahjong somewhere.”

《The Guilty》 S1·E11
TIMECODE: 10:45 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN lǎo lín ne

老林呢

“Where is Old Lin?”

shàng wǔ jiù chū qù le bù zhī dào qù nǎ dǎ má jiāng qù le CURRENT FOCUS

上午就 出去 了 不知道 去哪 打麻将 去了

“He left this morning. Probably off playing mahjong somewhere.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN bù yòng lǐ tā

不用理他

“Ignore him.”

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Scene: Daily Life
Function: INFORMING
Tone: CASUAL
Emotion: INDIFFERENCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“He just slacked off to play mahjong again as usual; don't bother looking for him.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Mahjong as Senior Leisure

Playing mahjong is one of the most common retirement pastimes in China, often stereotyped as an all-day distraction for middle-aged and elderly neighborhood folks.

INTENT TAGS: #dismissal #reporting_absence #casual_complaint
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
打麻将 SPOKEN CHUNK

play mahjong

The standard collocation for engaging in the traditional Chinese tile-based game.

不知道去哪……去了 SPOKEN CHUNK

no idea where [someone] went to [do something]

An expressive everyday pattern used to convey uncertainty laced with slight disapproval.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Indicates completion of the departure in the morning and frames the resulting state.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

4 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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