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《COURT!》 S1·E19 (42:59) HSK 3
wǒ hái yǐ wéi qián shì nǐ men chū de ne

我还以为钱是你们出的呢

“I thought you were the one who paid for it.”

《COURT!》 S1·E19
TIMECODE: 42:59 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wǒ tīng shuō yǐ qián zhēng lùn dé hěn jī liè

我听说以前争论得很激烈

“I heard it was a fierce argument in the past.”

wǒ hái yǐ wéi qián shì nǐ men chū de ne CURRENT FOCUS

我还以为 钱 是你 们出 的 呢

“I thought you were the one who paid for it.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN hé zhe yáng máo chū zài yáng shēn shàng

“Turns out the money is still your father's.”

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Scene: Business & Trade
Function: EXPRESSING DISILLUSIONMENT
Tone: IRONIC
Emotion: SURPRISE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You made it look like a perk, but we were paying for it all along.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Calling out Hidden Costs

Conversations around money often involve indirect probing; calling out who actually footed the bill indicates shared intimacy or dropping diplomatic pretenses.

INTENT TAGS: #realization #sarcasm #clarification #disillusionment
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
我还以为 SPOKEN CHUNK

I thought / I mistakenly assumed

Commonly used when discovering the truth contradicts a previous belief, often carrying a tone of mild surprise or mild reproach.

Modal Particle「呢」 (ne) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens the assertion while underscoring the speaker's mild lingering bewilderment.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 13 GRAMMAR
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