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《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E2 (25:37) HSK 4
zhī qián tā hé tā nà qián qī gé sān chà wǔ de tōu mō lián xì

之前他和他那前妻 隔三差五的偷摸联系

“He and his ex wife used to contact each other in secret all the time.”

《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E2
TIMECODE: 25:37 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nín zěn me hái chī nà chén nián jiù cù ne nǐ bù zhī dào

您怎么还吃那陈年旧醋呢 你不知道

“Why are you still jealous over something so old? You do not know.”

zhī qián tā hé tā nà qián qī gé sān chà wǔ de tōu mō lián xì CURRENT FOCUS

之前他和他那前妻 隔三差五 的偷摸联系

“He and his ex wife used to contact each other in secret all the time.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ yě jiù rěn le kě shì tā xiàn zài bèi zhe wǒ tōu tōu bǎ tuì xiū jīn

我也就忍了 可是他现在 背着我偷偷把退休金

“I put up with it. But now, he has been secretly transferring all his pension”

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Scene: Family & Home
Function: VENTING GRIEVANCE
Tone: INDIGNANT
Emotion: RESENTMENT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I had every right to be suspicious all along.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Family Boundaries in Remarriage

Unclear boundaries between divorced partners and their former spouses often trigger deep distrust and domestic conflict in remarried Chinese families.

INTENT TAGS: #complaint #justification #grievance #recrimination
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
隔三差五 SPOKEN CHUNK

every now and then; frequently

A common colloquial idiom used to describe repeated events happening at irregular intervals.

偷摸 SPOKEN CHUNK

stealthily; on the sly

Spoken northern vernacular for doing something secretively or sneakily without permission.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

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