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《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E4 (34:54) HSK 3
xiè zhì nǐ zěn me dǎ chē lái de hòu shì jìng bèi rén bāi duàn le

谢秩 你怎么打车来的 后视镜被人掰断了

“Xiezhi, why did you take a taxi? The side mirror was broken off.”

《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E4
TIMECODE: 34:54 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN yǎn bā qián de shì

眼巴前的事

“to get married soon.”

xiè zhì nǐ zěn me dǎ chē lái de hòu shì jìng bèi rén bāi duàn le CURRENT FOCUS

谢秩 你 怎么打车来的 后视镜被人 掰断了

“Xiezhi, why did you take a taxi? The side mirror was broken off.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN shì dāng shì rén bào fù de ma

是当事人报复的吗

“Was it retaliation from a party?”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: INQUIRING AND INFORMING
Tone: INQUISITIVE AND ALERT
Emotion: CONCERN
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Professional Hazards in Dispute Resolution

In Chinese legal or dispute-handling fields, retaliatory actions targeting personal property by dissatisfied parties are recognized hazards.

INTENT TAGS: #inquiry #warning #informing #concern
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
打车来的 SPOKEN CHUNK

arrived by taking a taxi

A very standard everyday construction using '打车' (to hail a cab) followed by '来的' to specify the mode of transportation used to reach a destination.

被人掰断了 SPOKEN CHUNK

was snapped/broken off by someone

Uses the passive structure '被...了' with the resultative compound '掰断' (break apart with hands), commonly used to describe intentional physical vandalism.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Indicates a completed change of state, highlighting the damaged status of the rearview mirror.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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