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《The Truth》 S1·E1 (23:39) HSK 3
bù pàng bù shòu pǎo dé hái tǐng kuài

不胖不瘦 跑得还挺快

“Average build. He ran pretty fast.”

《The Truth》 S1·E1
TIMECODE: 23:39 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN gè tóu gēn wǒ péng yǒu chà bu duō gāo dà gài yī mǐ qī wǔ zuǒ yòu ba

个头跟我朋友差不多高 大概一米七五左右吧

“He was about the same height as my friend, around 1.75 meters tall, I guess.”

bù pàng bù shòu pǎo dé hái tǐng kuài CURRENT FOCUS

不胖不瘦 跑得 还挺 快

“Average build. He ran pretty fast.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN chuān dé ma huī méng méng zàng xī xī de yī kàn jiù shì dì tān huò

穿得嘛 灰蒙蒙脏兮兮的 一看就是地摊货

“As for what he was wearing, it was drab and dirty. Definitely cheap stuff.”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: DESCRIBING
Tone: OBJECTIVE
Emotion: CALM
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Colloquial Witness Characterization

Everyday Chinese witnesses often use symmetrical four-character phrases to sketch broad profiles when precise measurements are unavailable.

INTENT TAGS: #description #witness_testimony #profiling #reporting
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
不胖不瘦 SPOKEN CHUNK

neither fat nor thin; medium build

A natural, standard colloquial formula for describing an average body type.

还挺快 SPOKEN CHUNK

quite fast; unexpectedly rapid

Combines '还' (fairly/unexpectedly) with '挺...的' pattern to soften or qualify an observation.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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