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《The Imperial Coroner》 S2·E24 (10:30) HSK 7
jiù chà bǎ xiōng shǒu zhuō ná guī àn le

就差把凶手捉拿归案了

“All that remains is to arrest the culprit.”

《The Imperial Coroner》 S2·E24
TIMECODE: 10:30 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN àn zi yǐ jīng shuǐ luò shí chū

“the case is already clear.”

jiù chà bǎ xiōng shǒu zhuō ná guī àn le CURRENT FOCUS

就差把 凶手 捉拿归案 了

“All that remains is to arrest the culprit.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN guǒ zhēn

果真

“Is that so?”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: PROGRESS REPORTING
Tone: ASSURED
Emotion: CONFIDENCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Legal Closure (归案)

In Chinese legal culture, an investigation is not socially or officially settled until the offender is physically returned to judicial custody.

INTENT TAGS: #reporting #assurance #investigation #finalizing
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
就差 SPOKEN CHUNK

the only thing missing is; all that remains is

Used in spoken Mandarin to denote that a task is almost finished except for one final step.

捉拿归案 SPOKEN CHUNK

to arrest and bring to justice

Standard legal and investigative idiom used specifically for capturing criminal suspects.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Marks a change of state and signals completion of the stages leading up to this final step.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 6 GRAMMAR
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