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《Love Story in the 1970s》 S1·E28 (21:56) HSK 7
shì bú shì chè dǐ hé nǐ men huà qīng le jiè xiàn

是不是彻底和你们划清了界限

“whether she had completely cut ties with you.”

《Love Story in the 1970s》 S1·E28
TIMECODE: 21:56 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN hái shì yǒu xiē yóu yù suǒ yǐ wǒ wèn tā

还是有些犹豫 所以我问她

“But I still had some reservations about her background. So I asked her”

shì bú shì chè dǐ hé nǐ men huà qīng le jiè xiàn CURRENT FOCUS

是不是 彻底和你们划清了界限

“whether she had completely cut ties with you.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nǐ men zhī dào

你们知道

“Do you know”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: SEEKING CLARIFICATION
Tone: INQUISITIVE
Emotion: SUSPICION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Has she completely renounced you, or is she still playing both sides?”
💡 Cultural Insight: Drawing Lines (Huaqing Jiexian)

A phrase with deep socio-political roots in modern Chinese history, referring to demonstrating ideological loyalty by publicly cutting ties with problematic associates.

INTENT TAGS: #verifying_loyalty #suspicion #boundary_drawing #severing_ties
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
划清界限 SPOKEN CHUNK

draw a clear line; sever ties with someone

A powerful fixed idiom often used to describe totally dissociating oneself from a person, group, or ideology.

彻底 SPOKEN CHUNK

thoroughly; completely

An adverb used to emphasize that an action leaves no remnants or ambiguity.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Indicates completion of the action of drawing a line, emphasizing the finality of the state.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
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