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《The Truth》 S1·E3 (07:29) HSK 4
fǒu zé shuí néng chī dé qǐ

否则谁能吃得起

“Or who could've afforded that?”

《The Truth》 S1·E3
TIMECODE: 07:29 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN yě duō kuī tā jiā yǒu yú táng

“Luckily, his family has fishponds.”

fǒu zé shuí néng chī dé qǐ CURRENT FOCUS

否则 谁能 吃得起

“Or who could've afforded that?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǔ yuè èr shí wǔ rì wǎn shàng shí diǎn zhì shí èr diǎn nǐ zài nǎ ér

“On May 25th, where were you between 10 PM and midnight?”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: RHETORICAL COMPLAINT
Tone: CONVERSATIONAL
Emotion: DEFENSIVENESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Normal people could never afford that kind of expense.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Deflection through Small Talk

Suspects or witnesses often bring up practical daily hardships like food prices to humanize themselves and divert pressure during interrogations.

INTENT TAGS: #deflection #justification #rhetorical_question
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
吃得起 SPOKEN CHUNK

can afford to eat

A potential complement expressing financial capability to afford certain meals or delicacies.

否则 SPOKEN CHUNK

otherwise

Used to introduce the alternative or contrary consequence if a preceding condition were not true.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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