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《The Truth》 S1·E1 (23:08) HSK 7
nǐ néng xiáng xì dì miáo shù yī xià lēi nǐ de nà ge dōng xī ma

你能详细地描述一下 勒你的那个东西吗

“Can you describe in detail what was used to strangle you?”

《The Truth》 S1·E1
TIMECODE: 23:08 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN méi shì le méi shì

没事了 没事

“It's okay now. It's okay.”

nǐ néng xiáng xì dì miáo shù yī xià lēi nǐ de nà ge dōng xī ma CURRENT FOCUS

你能 详细地 描述一下 勒你的 那个 东西 吗

“Can you describe in detail what was used to strangle you?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN mō zhe hǎo xiàng shì jīn shǔ de ba

“It felt like metal, I think.”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: ELICITING INFORMATION
Tone: GENTLE BUT INVESTIGATIVE
Emotion: SERIOUSNESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Trauma-informed questioning

Interrogators soften urgent criminal questioning with soft modals like 能 and 一下 to avoid re-traumatizing victims.

INTENT TAGS: #interrogation #elicitation #investigation #clarification
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
详细地 SPOKEN CHUNK

in detail / thoroughly

Used before verbs like describe or explain when requesting comprehensive information.

描述一下 SPOKEN CHUNK

describe briefly / give a description

A common polite structure using 一下 to soften a request for description.

Modal Particle「吗」 (ma) CHANGE OF STATE

Turns the request into a polite yes-no question.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 2 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

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