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《The Silent Rift》 S1·E13 (19:44) HSK 1
tā dōu shì rě shì de rén

他都是惹事的人

“He's always the troublemaker.”

《The Silent Rift》 S1·E13
TIMECODE: 19:44 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN tā dào shén me shí hòu

他到什么时候

“He's always the troublemaker.”

tā dōu shì rě shì de rén CURRENT FOCUS

他 都是惹事的人

“He's always the troublemaker.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN dāng chū jiù yīng gāi tīng wǒ de

当初就应该听我的

“You should have listened to me and just killed him.”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: CRITICIZING
Tone: ACCUSATORY
Emotion: FRUSTRATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I told you so; he was always a troublemaker and you should have taken my advice.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Vindication (I Told You So)

Chinese speakers often invoke an individual's chronic character flaws (惹事) to justify their own prior advice and establish authority.

INTENT TAGS: #criticism #blaming #self_justification #dismissal
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
惹事的人 SPOKEN CHUNK

troublemaker

Used colloquially to describe a person who habitually provokes conflict or gets into trouble.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 7 GRAMMAR
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