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《The Lead》 S1·E32 (13:20) HSK 2
zhè rén jiào shá zán yě bù néng gēn nǐ shuō bù néng mài péng yǒu duì ba

这人叫啥 咱也不能跟你说 不能卖朋友 对吧

“I can't tell you his name. Can't sell out a friend, right?”

《The Lead》 S1·E32
TIMECODE: 13:20 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN diàn gùn shì wǒ tuō yī huǒ jì mǎi de fáng shēn yòng de

“I had a buddy buy the stun baton. It's for self-defense.”

zhè rén jiào shá zán yě bù néng gēn nǐ shuō bù néng mài péng yǒu duì ba CURRENT FOCUS

这人 叫啥 咱 也不 能跟 你说 不能 卖朋友 对吧

“I can't tell you his name. Can't sell out a friend, right?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN dàn zhè huò jiù shì wǒ diàn de

“But I'm the one who tasered him.”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: REFUSING TO DISCLOSE
Tone: PLEADING
Emotion: DEFENSIVENESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I'll take the fall for using it, but don't expect me to rat out my buddy.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Jianghu Loyalty (义气 - Yiqi)

Refusing to 'sell out' friends reflects grassroots notions of brotherly loyalty, often prioritized over institutional compliance during low-stakes conflicts.

INTENT TAGS: #stonewalling #hedging #loyalty_claim #defensiveness
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
卖朋友 SPOKEN CHUNK

betray a friend; rat out a friend

A common colloquial phrase used when justifying non-cooperation or moral refusal to blame someone else.

对吧 SPOKEN CHUNK

right?; isn't that so?

A tag question used to seek consensus or soften an uncomfortable assertion.

Modal Particle「吧」 (ba) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens the assertion into a rhetorical tag to seek conversational alignment.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

5 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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