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《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E38 (21:37) HSK 7
wǒ yì zhí zài dīng zhe mèng yào huī

我一直在盯着孟耀辉

“I've been watching Meng Yaohui.”

《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E38
TIMECODE: 21:37 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zhè jǐ tiān

这几天

“These past few days,”

wǒ yì zhí zài dīng zhe mèng yào huī CURRENT FOCUS

我一直 在盯着 孟耀辉

“I've been watching Meng Yaohui.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nǐ shén me shí hòu fàng shàng de

你什么时候放上的

“When did you plant that?”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: REPORTING STATUS
Tone: ASSERTIVE
Emotion: SERIOUSNESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Surveillance and Investigation Jargon

In Chinese procedural and detective narratives, the monosyllabic verb 盯 (dīng) captures the exhaustive physical work of trailing and monitoring suspects.

INTENT TAGS: #reporting #monitoring #justification #surveillance
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
盯 SPOKEN CHUNK

keep a close eye on / stake out

Colloquially used for keeping close surveillance on a person of interest or rival.

一直在 SPOKEN CHUNK

all along / continuously

Essential construction to express an ongoing, uninterrupted action over a period of time.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
COLLOQUIAL EXPRESSIONS:
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