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《The Legend of Rosy Clouds》 S1·E20 (18:50) HSK 6
nà yí dìng bú shì xiǎo shù mù

那一定不是小数目

“it must not be a small amount.”

《The Legend of Rosy Clouds》 S1·E20
TIMECODE: 18:50 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zuì jiā de dì fāng nǐ kàn rú guǒ shuō diǎn sī zhēn de tān wū le qián cái

最佳的地方 你看 如果说 典司真的贪污了钱财

“to get information. Look. If the Services Bureau really embezzled money,”

nà yí dìng bú shì xiǎo shù mù CURRENT FOCUS

那 一定 不是小数目

“it must not be a small amount.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN rú guǒ tā bǎ qián cáng zài jiā lǐ jiù jì róng yì bèi fā xiàn

如果他把钱 藏在家里 就既容易被发现

“If he hid the money at home, it would be easily found,”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: MAKING AN INFERENCE
Tone: ASSERTIVE
Emotion: CONFIDENCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Understatement via Litotes

Using negative phrases like '不是小数目' (not a small amount) is a widespread Chinese rhetorical habit to make an assertive point sound measured and objective.

INTENT TAGS: #deduction #assessment #assertion #reasoning
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
不是小数目 SPOKEN CHUNK

no small amount; a substantial sum

A common litotes used to emphasize that an amount of money or cost is very large.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
GRAMMAR BLUEPRINTS:
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