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《Born with Luck》 S1·E24 (32:36) HSK 6
yè jiàn shì wǒ shā de wǒ

叶剑是我杀的 我

“I killed Ye Jian! I...”

《Born with Luck》 S1·E24
TIMECODE: 32:36 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zhāng jú

张局

“Chief Zhang!”

yè jiàn shì wǒ shā de wǒ CURRENT FOCUS

叶剑 是我 杀的 我

“I killed Ye Jian! I...”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN zhāng jú

张局

“Chief Zhang,”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: CONFESSING GUILT
Tone: HESITANT
Emotion: FEAR
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Emphatic Focus with 'Shi...de'

In Chinese legal and dramatic dialogues, the 'shi...de' construction is frequently employed during confessions to emphasize that the speaker is indeed the perpetrator.

INTENT TAGS: #confession #taking_blame #admission #self_incrimination
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
是我杀的 SPOKEN CHUNK

was killed by me

Employs the cleft 'shi...de' construction to emphatically assign responsibility of an action to oneself.

Modal Particle「的」 (de) CHANGE OF STATE

Completes the cleft construction '是...的', placing focus on the agent of the killing.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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