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《COURT!》 S1·E10 (40:45) HSK 4
dāng shí xiàng zi lǐ hēi dēng xiā huǒ de

当时巷子里黑灯瞎火的

“It was pitch black in that alley.”

《COURT!》 S1·E10
TIMECODE: 40:45 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN tā bèi rén qiáng jiān le

她被人强奸了

“She was raped.”

dāng shí xiàng zi lǐ hēi dēng xiā huǒ de CURRENT FOCUS

当 时巷子里 黑灯瞎火的

“It was pitch black in that alley.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN tóng tóng shén me dōu kàn bù qīng

彤彤什么都看不清

“Tong couldn't see anything clearly,”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: PROVIDING CONTEXT
Tone: OBJECTIVE
Emotion: SERIOUSNESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“It was too dark to be certain about what she actually saw.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Vulnerability in Urban Alleys

Narrow and unlit alleys (xiangzi) in Chinese towns are classic tropes for danger, lack of surveillance, and ambiguity in eyewitness testimony.

INTENT TAGS: #explaining #doubting #case_analysis #factual_statement
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
黑灯瞎火 SPOKEN CHUNK

pitch-dark; completely without light

A colloquial idiom describing an area devoid of illumination, often carrying a connotation of hazard or obscurity.

Modal Particle「的」 (de) CHANGE OF STATE

Emphasizes the descriptive state of the alley at that moment.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 2 GRAMMAR
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