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《The Truth》 S1·E14 (05:57) HSK 6
jǐng chá yě shì rén ma míng tiān zài nòng zǒu

警察也是人嘛 明天再弄 走

“Cops are human too. Do it tomorrow. Let's go.”

《The Truth》 S1·E14
TIMECODE: 05:57 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nà ge zhěng lǐ yī xiē zī liào fǎn zhèng huí jiā yě méi shén me shì

那个整理一些资料 反正回家也没什么事

“Yeah, just organizing some files. Nothing to do at home anyway.”

jǐng chá yě shì rén ma míng tiān zài nòng zǒu CURRENT FOCUS

警察也是人嘛 明天再弄 走

“Cops are human too. Do it tomorrow. Let's go.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN qù nǎ ér

去哪儿

“Where to?”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: URGING REST
Tone: ASSERTIVE
Emotion: CARING
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Stop working yourself to death; it can wait until tomorrow.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Overtime Culture and Siblinghood (Ge-men-er)

Colleagues in high-stress Chinese public service jobs often form brotherly bonds, showing care by directly ordering peers to stop overworking.

INTENT TAGS: #urging #camaraderie #empathy #boundary_setting
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
也是人 SPOKEN CHUNK

are also human / are only human

Used to remind someone that people have physical and emotional limits despite their demanding roles.

明天再弄 SPOKEN CHUNK

deal with it tomorrow

A very common colloquial way to postpone a work task until the next day.

Modal Particle「嘛」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Highlights an obvious truth or common-sense fact that the listener should accept.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

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