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《The Truth》 S1·E20 (09:34) HSK 2
nǐ yào zài zhè me zhē zhē yǎn yǎn de

你要再这么遮遮掩掩的

“If you keep being evasive like this,”

《The Truth》 S1·E20
TIMECODE: 09:34 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wǒ men yǐ jīng zhǎng wò le dà liàng de zhèng jù le

我们已经掌握了 大量的证据了

“We've gathered a lot of evidence.”

nǐ yào zài zhè me zhē zhē yǎn yǎn de CURRENT FOCUS

你要再这么 遮遮掩掩 的

“If you keep being evasive like this,”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN zhǐ néng zēng jiā nǐ de zuì zé zhī dào ma

只能增加你的罪责 知道吗

“it will only add to your culpability, understand?”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: WARNING
Tone: STERN
Emotion: ANGER
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Leniency for Confession in Legal Interrogation

Chinese interrogation rhetoric frequently emphasizes that resistance or concealment worsens culpability, urging cooperation to secure leniency.

INTENT TAGS: #warning #intimidation #coercion #pressuring
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
遮遮掩掩 SPOKEN CHUNK

evasive / secretive / trying to cover up

A four-character idiom (chengyu) describing an attitude of dodging truth or concealing facts.

你要再 SPOKEN CHUNK

if you keep on / if you continue to

A conditional warning pattern typically followed by an unfavorable consequence.

Modal Particle「的」 (de) CHANGE OF STATE

Marks the descriptive state of being secretive as an ongoing condition within the conditional clause.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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