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《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E3 (07:54) HSK 7
dōu kàn dào tā zài nà ér fā chuán dān lā rén tóu fǎ jǐng gǎn le hái lái

都看到她在那儿发传单拉人头 法警赶了还来

“I see her handing out flyers and recruiting clients. Even when the bailiffs chase her off, she comes back.”

《Hold A Court Now》 S1·E3
TIMECODE: 07:54 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nà kě bù de ma wǒ měi cì jīng guò dà mén kǒu de shí hòu

“Isn't she? Every time I pass the entrance,”

dōu kàn dào tā zài nà ér fā chuán dān lā rén tóu fǎ jǐng gǎn le hái lái CURRENT FOCUS

都看到她在那儿 发传单拉人头 法警 赶了还来

“I see her handing out flyers and recruiting clients. Even when the bailiffs chase her off, she comes back.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN bù guò zhè cì wǒ kàn tā dǎo shì xìn xīn mǎn mǎn de

“But this time, she seems unusually confident.”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: GOSSIPING AND SHARING OBSERVATIONS
Tone: CRITICAL
Emotion: DISBELIEF
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Public Petitioning Dynamics

In Chinese administrative and legal culture, individuals with unresolved grievances often linger outside courts or government gates handing out materials, provoking intervention from judicial police.

INTENT TAGS: #gossip #observation #disapproval #critique
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
拉人头 SPOKEN CHUNK

to recruit people or canvass heads (often shady or pushy)

Commonly used in spoken Chinese to describe aggressive recruitment, MLM activities, or pulling crowds.

发传单 SPOKEN CHUNK

to hand out flyers or leaflets

A standard verb-object collocation for street leafleting.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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