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《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E38 (21:03) HSK 4
dàn xīn hǎi yòng qián bǎ zhěng jiàn shì qíng yā xià qù le

但鑫海用钱 把整件事情压下去了

“But Xinhai used money to suppress the whole incident.”

《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E38
TIMECODE: 21:03 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN yǒu yí gè kuàng gōng zài xiàn chǎng shòu shāng yǐ jīng jié zhī le

有一个矿工 在现场受伤 已经截肢了

“There's a miner who was injured at the site. He had an amputation.”

dàn xīn hǎi yòng qián bǎ zhěng jiàn shì qíng yā xià qù le CURRENT FOCUS

但鑫海 用钱 把 整件事情 压下去了

“But Xinhai used money to suppress the whole incident.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ bù què dìng tā yuàn bù yuàn yì chū lái zuò zhèng

“I'm not sure if he's willing to testify.”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: DISCLOSING INFORMATION
Tone: GRAVE
Emotion: INDIGNATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Hush Money and Corporate Suppression

The phrase '用钱压下去' captures the illicit practice of settling serious incidents privately to avoid regulatory penalties or public scandal.

INTENT TAGS: #disclosure #informing #exposing_corruption #gravity
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
用钱把整件事情压下去了 SPOKEN CHUNK

used money to hush up the entire incident

A colloquial and vivid construction for corporate or political cover-ups using hush money.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Indicates completion of the suppression action and realization of the current settled state.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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