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《Million-Follower Detective》 S1·E2 (22:09) HSK 5
shùn biàn liǎo jiě yī xià tā de bèi jǐng

顺便了解一下他的背景

“Find out all you can.”

《Million-Follower Detective》 S1·E2
TIMECODE: 22:09 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN qù bǎ tā zhǎo lái wèn wèn huà

“Let's dig into his background.”

shùn biàn liǎo jiě yī xià tā de bèi jǐng CURRENT FOCUS

顺便了解一下 他的 背景

“Find out all you can.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN shōu dào

收到

“[Chia-jen] I'm on it.”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: GIVING INSTRUCTIONS
Tone: DIRECTIVE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Efficiency via Secondary Directives

Using '顺便' softens what is still an official order by presenting it as a convenient, concurrent task rather than an arduous extra assignment.

INTENT TAGS: #instruction #delegating #investigation #tasking
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
顺便 SPOKEN CHUNK

conveniently / while you're at it / incidentally

Used before a verb to express performing an additional secondary action while carrying out the primary task.

了解一下 SPOKEN CHUNK

look into / find out about / get to know

A polite, softened way to ask someone to investigate or gather information about something.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 4 GRAMMAR
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