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《The Truth》 S1·E28 (06:18) HSK 7
měi zhōu dōu dìng shí lái dǎ sǎo yǒu jiā rén yǐ wài de zhǐ wén yě hěn zhèng cháng

每周都定时来打扫 有家人以外的指纹也很正常

“who came every week to clean. Finding outsider's fingerprints is quite normal.”

《The Truth》 S1·E28
TIMECODE: 06:18 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN dàn chéng jiàn mín jiā gù yōng le jiā zhèng gōng sī de zhōng diǎn gōng

但程建民家 雇佣了家政公司的钟点工

“However, Cheng Jianmin employed an hourly cleaner,”

měi zhōu dōu dìng shí lái dǎ sǎo yǒu jiā rén yǐ wài de zhǐ wén yě hěn zhèng cháng CURRENT FOCUS

每周都定时来打扫 有 家人 以外的指纹 也很正常

“who came every week to clean. Finding outsider's fingerprints is quite normal.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN bì jìng méi fā xiàn yì cháng dāng shí ne yě jiù méi zài zhuī xià qù

毕竟没发现异常 当时呢 也就没再追下去

“No anomalies after all. So the matter wasn't pursued further.”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: RATIONALIZING
Tone: OBJECTIVE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Casual Domestic Staffing (钟点工)

Hiring hourly domestic helpers (钟点工) is very common in urban China, creating regular non-family presence in private households.

INTENT TAGS: #explanation #normalization #deduction #investigation
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
定时 SPOKEN CHUNK

regularly; at fixed times

Used as an adverb or adjective to indicate regular scheduling or routine occurrences.

也很正常 SPOKEN CHUNK

is completely normal / perfectly understandable

Frequently used to normalize an unexpected finding or downplay concern.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

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