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《The Knockout》 S1·E34 (14:55) HSK 5
nà yě jiù shì tīng shuō le gēn nǐ wú guān a

那也就是听说了 跟你无关啊

“But I only heard about it. It had nothing to do with you?”

《The Knockout》 S1·E34
TIMECODE: 14:55 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN tīng shuō le

听说了

“heard about it.”

nà yě jiù shì tīng shuō le gēn nǐ wú guān a CURRENT FOCUS

那也 就是 听说了 跟你无关 啊

“But I only heard about it. It had nothing to do with you?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN gēn wǒ wú guān háo bù zhī qíng

“No. You know nothing?”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: PROBING CONFIRMATION
Tone: INQUISITIVE
Emotion: SUSPICION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Are you really claiming you had zero part in this?”
💡 Cultural Insight: Drawing Boundaries (Pieqing Guanxi)

In Chinese institutional dynamics, establishing whether someone is personally involved or merely heard rumors is a critical step in isolating liability.

INTENT TAGS: #interrogating #cornering #fact_checking #skepticism
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
也就是 SPOKEN CHUNK

merely / only just

Used to downplay or define the scope of an action to the absolute minimum.

跟你无关 SPOKEN CHUNK

has nothing to do with you / not your concern

A direct way to express non-involvement or detachment from a matter.

Modal Particle「啊」 (a) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens the interrogative confirmation while inviting the interlocutor to corroborate the stated assumption.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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