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《Lady Liberty》 S1·E23 (35:57) HSK 3
tā yīng gāi zǎo jiù xiǎng hǎo tuì lù le ba

他应该早就想好退路了吧

“He's probably prepared a way out.”

《Lady Liberty》 S1·E23
TIMECODE: 35:57 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nǐ dǎ suàn zěn me chǔ lǐ tā

你打算怎么处理他

“What are you planning to do about him?”

tā yīng gāi zǎo jiù xiǎng hǎo tuì lù le ba CURRENT FOCUS

他 应该 早就 想好退路 了吧

“He's probably prepared a way out.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ gù yì bǎ tā zhī kāi

我故意把他支开

“I sent him away on purpose.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: PROBING AND CONJECTURING
Tone: SPECULATIVE
Emotion: SUSPICION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“He is not stupid; he surely has a backup plan ready.”
💡 Cultural Insight: 留退路 (Leaving an Escape Route)

A deeply ingrained strategic philosophy in Chinese culture emphasizing never burning bridges and always maintaining a viable fallback option.

INTENT TAGS: #suspicion #strategic_inference #probing #cautiousness
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
想好退路 SPOKEN CHUNK

plan an escape route / prepare a backup plan

Crucial idiom in strategic or career contexts referring to preparing a safe way out before risk strikes.

早就 SPOKEN CHUNK

long ago; way ahead of time

Placed before verbs to emphasize that an action occurred far earlier than expected.

Modal Particle「吧」 (ba) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens the assertion into a tentative conjecture seeking listener concurrence.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 4 GRAMMAR
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