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《The Silent Rift》 S1·E13 (14:01) HSK 7
xiǎng bǎ shì qíng diào chá dé shuǐ luò shí chū

想把事情调查得水落石出

“getting to the bottom of that would be easy.”

《The Silent Rift》 S1·E13
TIMECODE: 14:01 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN yǐ tā de běn shì

以他的本事

“with his resources,”

xiǎng bǎ shì qíng diào chá dé shuǐ luò shí chū CURRENT FOCUS

想 把 事情 调查 得 水落石出

“getting to the bottom of that would be easy.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN tài róng yì le

太容易了

“getting to the bottom of that would be easy.”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: EVALUATING CAPABILITY
Tone: ASSERTIVE
Emotion: CONFIDENCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Pursuit of Ultimate Truth

The idiom 'shui luo shi chu' (stones appear as waters recede) embodies the cultural respect for relentless thoroughness in uncovering hidden facts.

INTENT TAGS: #investigation #evaluating #certainty #truth_seeking
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
水落石出 SPOKEN CHUNK

the truth comes out; completely cleared up

A classic four-character idiom (chengyu) used when an investigation or confusing situation becomes entirely clear.

把事情调查得 SPOKEN CHUNK

investigate the matter to the point of...

A standard 'ba' structure combined with a degree complement to describe how thoroughly an investigation is conducted.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 3 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

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