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《The Truth》 S1·E28 (13:39) HSK 6
měi tiān dǎ jiāo dào de rén tǐng duō de

每天打交道的人挺多的

“We deal with tons of people daily in this job.”

《The Truth》 S1·E28
TIMECODE: 13:39 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN dàn wǒ bù néng què dìng a bì jìng wǒ men zhè yī xíng

“But I can't be sure. We deal with tons of people daily in this job.”

měi tiān dǎ jiāo dào de rén tǐng duō de CURRENT FOCUS

每天 打交道 的 人挺多 的

“We deal with tons of people daily in this job.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nà bào jǐng zhī hòu tā gàn shén me le

“What did she do after calling?”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: HEDGING
Tone: EXPLANATORY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Do not expect me to remember everyone clearly; I meet too many people in my job.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Self-Protection in Witness Statements

When cooperating with authorities, Chinese speakers often proactively emphasize reasonable limitations in their knowledge to avoid unintended false statements.

INTENT TAGS: #hedging #explanation #justification #distancing
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
打交道 SPOKEN CHUNK

to interact with; to deal with

A highly common spoken collocation used with '跟.../与...' to describe interacting with people in business or daily life.

挺多的 SPOKEN CHUNK

quite a lot; quite many

A casual and natural qualifier equivalent to 'quite a bit' or 'a fair amount'.

Modal Particle「的」 (de) CHANGE OF STATE

Functions as an emphatic assertion marker confirming an objective situation.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
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