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《The Devil Between Us》 S1·E6 (23:37) HSK 5
zán yào dà guī mó sōu suǒ de huà zhè yě tài dǎ cǎo jīng shé le

咱要大规模搜索的话 这也太打草惊蛇了

“If we do a massive search, we'll just alert them.”

《The Devil Between Us》 S1·E6
TIMECODE: 23:37 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zhè bù dé chéng bǎi shàng qiān zhè shàng nǎ zhǎo qù a

“There must be hundreds or thousands of them. Where do we even start looking?”

zán yào dà guī mó sōu suǒ de huà zhè yě tài dǎ cǎo jīng shé le CURRENT FOCUS

咱要大规模搜索的话 这 也太 打草惊蛇 了

“If we do a massive search, we'll just alert them.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nà kěn dìng shōu dào fēng shēng jiù zǒu le

“They'll definitely run as soon as they catch wind of it.”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: RAISING OBJECTION
Tone: CAUTIOUS
Emotion: CONCERN
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Covert Vigilance

Chinese tactical discourse heavily prizes stealth and cunning over blunt, overt confrontation to prevent targets from fleeing.

INTENT TAGS: #objection #warning #risk_assessment #critique
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
大规模 SPOKEN CHUNK

large-scale; extensive

Used as an attributive adjective modifying actions like searches, investments, or campaigns.

打草惊蛇 SPOKEN CHUNK

to stir up the grass and alert the snake; to alert the enemy

Essential idiom when warning colleagues against being too obvious or clumsy in an investigation.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Completes the excessive degree marker '太...了', stressing that the plan crosses the line.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 2 GRAMMAR
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