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《A Splendid Match》 S1·E11 (39:16) HSK 3
hái shì bèi nín gěi kàn chū lái le nà míng rén bù shuō àn huà

还是被您给看出来了 那明人不说暗话

“You see right through me. I'll be plain about it.”

《A Splendid Match》 S1·E11
TIMECODE: 39:16 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zhāng dà rén pà shì zài zhǎo shén me rén ba

“Something tells me you are looking for someone.”

hái shì bèi nín gěi kàn chū lái le nà míng rén bù shuō àn huà CURRENT FOCUS

还是被您给 看出来了 那 明人不说暗话

“You see right through me. I'll be plain about it.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN zán men xuán miào guān zuì jìn shì fǒu yǒu xíng jì kě yí zhī rén ne

“Has anyone of a suspicious nature been seen recently?”

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Scene: Historical & Court
Function: ACKNOWLEDGING DISCERNMENT
Tone: DIPLOMATIC
Emotion: CALMNESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You got me, so let's stop dancing around the subject and talk business.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Mianzi and Tactful Openness

Phrases like '明人不说暗话' honor the listener's perceptiveness while gracefully letting down one's conversational guard without losing composure.

INTENT TAGS: #concession #directness #politeness #investigation
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
看出来 SPOKEN CHUNK

to figure out; to see through

A common resultative verb compound indicating the successful visual or cognitive deduction of something hidden.

明人不说暗话 SPOKEN CHUNK

an honest person does not speak in riddles; let's be blunt

A very popular proverb used when transitioning from polite evasion to completely candid, straightforward discussion.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Marks the completion of realization and signals a change of conversational stance.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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