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《The Imperial Coroner》 S2·E14 (35:09) HSK 7
kěn dìng yě shì zhè xiē rén zuò de shǒu jiǎo

肯定也是这些人做的手脚

“It must have been their doing.”

《The Imperial Coroner》 S2·E14
TIMECODE: 35:09 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wáng yé zhòng dú

王爷中毒

“Your Highness was poisoned.”

kěn dìng yě shì zhè xiē rén zuò de shǒu jiǎo CURRENT FOCUS

肯定 也是 这些人 做 的 手脚

“It must have been their doing.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN shì tú kòng zhì hé dú hài wáng yé

试图控制和毒害王爷

“They meant to control and destroy you.”

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Scene: Historical & Court
Function: ATTRIBUTING BLAME
Tone: ASSERTIVE
Emotion: SUSPICION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Shoujiao (Covert Manipulation)

The idiom 'zuo shoujiao' literally means 'moving hands and feet', reflecting a cultural metaphor for secret, underhanded interventions.

INTENT TAGS: #accusing #deduction #asserting_certainty #blaming
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
做手脚 SPOKEN CHUNK

to play dirty tricks; to tamper with something

A very common colloquial idiom used to describe covert manipulation, rigging, or foul play.

肯定也是 SPOKEN CHUNK

definitely also is

Used to express strong certainty when linking a new discovery to an existing suspect or pattern.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 5 GRAMMAR
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