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《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E10 (42:45) HSK 7
bèi gào dāng shì rén dōu bù zài chǎng jiù wán chéng le

被告当事人都不在场 就完成了

“Why another mediation? The defendant wasn't even present, yet we”

《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E10
TIMECODE: 42:45 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN dàn tā shī lián le zhè àn zi bú shì yǐ jīng jié le ma hái yào tiáo jiě

“But he's gone missing. I thought this case was closed? Why another mediation?”

bèi gào dāng shì rén dōu bù zài chǎng jiù wán chéng le CURRENT FOCUS

被告当事人都 不在场 就完 成了

“Why another mediation? The defendant wasn't even present, yet we”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN duàn jué fù zǐ qīn qíng guān xì de rèn zhèng nǐ jué de hé lǐ ma

“certified a father and son disowning each other. Is that reasonable?”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: CHALLENGING LEGITIMACY
Tone: CRITICAL
Emotion: SKEPTICISM
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“How can this agreement possibly be valid when the accused was never even there?”
💡 Cultural Insight: Severing Family Relations (断绝父子关系)

While legal and cultural norms in traditional China sometimes acknowledged disowning children, modern Chinese law does not permit unilateral formal severance of fundamental statutory parental obligations.

INTENT TAGS: #challenging_legitimacy #procedural_objection #skepticism #disbelief
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
当事人 SPOKEN CHUNK

party concerned / litigant

A formal legal term used to refer to individuals directly involved in a case, contract, or incident.

在场 SPOKEN CHUNK

on the scene / present

Commonly used in formal and spoken contexts to describe physical presence during an event.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Indicates the completion of an action, underscoring the fait accompli nature of the procedurally flawed outcome.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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