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《The Imperial Coroner》 S2·E4 (06:57) HSK 3
gāo fù shǐ kě zhēn huì è rén xiān gào zhuàng

高副使可真会恶人先告状

“Vice Envoy Gao is quite skilled at accusing others first.”

《The Imperial Coroner》 S2·E4
TIMECODE: 06:57 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN yě dōu shì yǒu kě néng de shì ba

也都是有可能的事吧

“could it not?”

gāo fù shǐ kě zhēn huì è rén xiān gào zhuàng CURRENT FOCUS

高副使 可真会 恶人先告状

“Vice Envoy Gao is quite skilled at accusing others first.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN bàn nián lái wǒ dà táng bǎi xìng zài nán zhào biān jiè chù

半年来我大唐百姓在南赵边界处

“Over the past half year, more than ten thousand of Great Tang's people”

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Scene: Historical & Court
Function: CHALLENGING AUTHORITY
Tone: SARCASTIC
Emotion: ANGER
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You are the guilty party here, so stop pretending to be the victim.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Diplomatic Repartee (交涉辞令)

In classical court diplomacy, officials often used idiomatic indictments to pierce through hypocritical political accusations without descending into vulgarity.

INTENT TAGS: #counteraccusation #irony #rebuke #exposure
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
恶人先告状 SPOKEN CHUNK

the villain acts as the plaintiff; beating someone to the punch with false accusations

Use this set idiom to call out someone who blames others first to conceal their own wrongdoing.

可真会 SPOKEN CHUNK

really know how to; quite adept at (often sarcastic)

Commonly placed before a verb phrase to deliver a biting, ironic compliment.

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2 EXPR · 2 GRAMMAR
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