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《The Knockout》 S1·E14 (38:57) HSK 4
jiù yì kǒu yǎo dìng shì tā bù fàng dàn xiàn zài què shí

就一口咬定是他不放 但现在确实

“believed that he was behind it. But now,”

《The Knockout》 S1·E14
TIMECODE: 38:57 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nǐ men shuō shuō gāo qǐ qiáng nà biān gāi zěn me bàn xiàn zài mǎng cūn de rén

你们说说高启强那边 该怎么办 现在莽村的人

“What are you going to do with Gao Qiqiang? The villagers”

jiù yì kǒu yǎo dìng shì tā bù fàng dàn xiàn zài què shí CURRENT FOCUS

就 一口咬定 是他不放 但现在 确实

“believed that he was behind it. But now,”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN méi yǒu zhèng jù néng gòu zhèng míng zhè ge xiōng shǒu hé gāo qǐ qiáng yǒu guān

没有证据能够证明 这个凶手和高启强有关

“there is no evidence showing that the murderer is associated with Gao Qiqiang.”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: REPORTING OBSTACLE
Tone: HELPLESS
Emotion: FRUSTRATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“The villagers are dead set on blaming him, but our hands are tied until we find hard proof.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Legal Proof vs. Popular Suspicion

Reflects the common tension in modern Chinese law enforcement between intense collective village outrage and modern criminal procedural standards requiring empirical evidence.

INTENT TAGS: #reporting_obstacle #explaining_predicament #hedging #objective_assessment
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
一口咬定 SPOKEN CHUNK

to assert adamantly; to insist stubbornly without wavering

Used when describing someone clinging firmly to an accusation or claim despite doubt or counterarguments.

咬定...不放 SPOKEN CHUNK

to latch onto someone/something relentlessly

A vivid colloquial structure meaning to continuously target or accuse someone without letting them off the hook.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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