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《Sunsets Secrets Regrets》 S1·E19 (18:50) HSK 6
yuán běn shì dǎ suàn shōu wǎng yǐ hòu yì qǐ qīng suàn de

原本是打算收网以后 一起清算的

“Originally, we planned to settle everything once the operation concluded.”

《Sunsets Secrets Regrets》 S1·E19
TIMECODE: 18:50 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN měi cì yǒu xīn de zhèng jù lǎo yáo dū huì fàng zài nà ér

“Whenever we got new evidence, he'd put it there.”

yuán běn shì dǎ suàn shōu wǎng yǐ hòu yì qǐ qīng suàn de CURRENT FOCUS

原本是 打算 收网 以后 一起清算 的

“Originally, we planned to settle everything once the operation concluded.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN xiàn zài hè wǔ sǐ le lǎo xiē pǎo le hěn duō xiàn suǒ dū huì duàn

现在贺武死了 老蝎跑了 很多线索都会断

“Now that He Wu is dead and Old Scorpion has fled, many leads will go cold.”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: EXPLAINING STRATEGY
Tone: ANALYTICAL AND RUEFUL
Emotion: REGRET
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“We had a calculated plan to catch everyone at once, but now unexpected chaos ruined our strategy.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Closing the Net (收网)

Chinese investigative culture often favors prolonged surveillance to collect total evidence before striking decisively, referred to metaphorically as 'gathering the net'.

INTENT TAGS: #explaining_plan #regret #operational_review #justification
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
收网 SPOKEN CHUNK

to close the net; to pull in the dragnet (make arrests)

A common police/investigation metaphor meaning to launch final arrests after a lengthy surveillance operation.

清算 SPOKEN CHUNK

to settle accounts; to bring to justice

Often used in legal or criminal contexts to mean fully auditing guilt and punishing offenders.

Modal Particle「的」 (de) CHANGE OF STATE

Marks the end of a shi...de construction indicating assertion about a past intention.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

4 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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