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《The Imperial Coroner》 S2·E7 (08:53) HSK 4
nà kěn dìng shì dà táng zhī rén

那肯定是大唐之人

“then the culprit must be someone of the Great Tang.”

《The Imperial Coroner》 S2·E7
TIMECODE: 08:53 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN dàn ruò shì jiān rén suǒ hài

但若是奸人所害

“But if he was harmed by malicious hands,”

nà kěn dìng shì dà táng zhī rén CURRENT FOCUS

那肯定是 大唐 之 人

“then the culprit must be someone of the Great Tang.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN zì jǐ rén shěn zì jǐ rén àn zi

“When one's own people judge their own,”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: DEDUCTIVE REASONING
Tone: ASSERTIVE
Emotion: THOUGHTFULNESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Jurisdiction and Internal Handling

Chinese judicial traditions distinguished sharply between internal affairs and foreign conflicts; judging one's own people avoided diplomatic escalation.

INTENT TAGS: #deduction #assertion #investigation #identification
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
肯定 SPOKEN CHUNK

definitely / certainly

Commonly used in spoken Chinese to emphasize absolute certainty in one's deduction.

大唐之人 SPOKEN CHUNK

a person of the Great Tang

A semi-formal phrasing designating nationality or subjecthood in historical context.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 6 GRAMMAR
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