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《COURT!》 S1·E4 (21:52) HSK 4
shuō míng yě bù xiàng yǐ qián nà me piān jī le

说明也不像以前那么偏激了

“it means she's not as extreme as before.”

《COURT!》 S1·E4
TIMECODE: 21:52 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN yī yuàn jì rán ràng tā chū yuàn

“Since the hospital is letting her go,”

shuō míng yě bù xiàng yǐ qián nà me piān jī le CURRENT FOCUS

说明 也不像 以前 那么 偏激 了

“it means she's not as extreme as before.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN jiù bié gěi xiōng dì dān wèi tiān má fán le

“Let's not trouble the other department.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: JUSTIFYING
Tone: PRAGMATIC
Emotion: RELIEF
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“She is calm enough now, so let us drop it and move on.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Inter-agency Harmony (不给兄弟单位添麻烦)

In Chinese bureaucratic and corporate work culture, great emphasis is placed on not causing hassle or burdening partner organizations.

INTENT TAGS: #rationalization #reassurance #justification #evaluation
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
说明 SPOKEN CHUNK

shows that / indicates that

Used at the start of a sentence to introduce an inference or deduced conclusion from observed facts.

不像以前那么 SPOKEN CHUNK

not as... as before

A useful comparative construction to emphasize a positive or negative change over time.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Marks a change of state, highlighting that the person's behavior has improved compared to the past.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 7 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

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