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《Dream of Golden Years》 S1·E31 (39:14) HSK 3
luó yào zōng wǒ men chá guò zhè ge rén ne píng shí yào wǔ yáng wēi

罗耀宗我们查过 这个人呢 平时耀武扬威

“We've looked into Luo Yaozong. He usually throws his weight around,”

《Dream of Golden Years》 S1·E31
TIMECODE: 39:14 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN guān xì tū rán qīn jìn xiǎn rán shì yǒu rén móu huà

“and got close all of a sudden. Clearly, someone planned this.”

luó yào zōng wǒ men chá guò zhè ge rén ne píng shí yào wǔ yáng wēi CURRENT FOCUS

罗耀宗我们查过 这个人 呢 平时 耀武扬威

“We've looked into Luo Yaozong. He usually throws his weight around,”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN dàn shì hé rén bìng méi yǒu shén me tài dà guò jié suǒ yǐ wǒ men huái yí

“but he doesn't really have any major grudges with anyone. So we suspect...”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: REPORTING FINDINGS
Tone: OBJECTIVE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Topic-Comment Structure in Spoken Discourse

Chinese speakers often introduce a subject followed by the particle 'ne' to establish a frame of reference before evaluating their character.

INTENT TAGS: #briefing #investigation #character_assessment #reporting
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
耀武扬威 SPOKEN CHUNK

to flaunt one's strength; swagger about arrogantly

A vivid four-character idiom used pejoratively to describe someone acting boastful or throwing their weight around.

Modal Particle「呢」 (ne) CHANGE OF STATE

Pauses on the topic to draw listener attention to the specific subject before describing his traits.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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