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《The Truth》 S1·E28 (20:49) HSK 7
zhè zhè fáng mén zhè lǐ tóu shì fǎn suǒ zhe ne zhè chuāng hù kāi le yī fèng

这 这房门这里头是反锁着呢 这窗户开了一缝

“the door was locked from the inside. A window was open a crack, so I climbed in.”

《The Truth》 S1·E28
TIMECODE: 20:49 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN jiù bǎ fáng zi zū gěi tā le wǒ lái le yǐ hòu a

就把房子租给他了 我来了以后啊

“It was the off-season, so I rented it to him. When I got here,”

zhè zhè fáng mén zhè lǐ tóu shì fǎn suǒ zhe ne zhè chuāng hù kāi le yī fèng CURRENT FOCUS

这 这房门这里头是 反锁着 呢 这窗户 开了一缝

“the door was locked from the inside. A window was open a crack, so I climbed in.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ jiù zuān jìn lái le jìn lái wǒ dào zhè ér lái

我就钻进来了 进来我到这儿来

“A window was open a crack, so I climbed in. I came in, went over here,”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: DESCRIBING SCENE
Tone: DESCRIPTIVE
Emotion: NERVOUSNESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Providing Witness Accounts

Ordinary citizens often provide highly visual, step-by-step reconstructions of events when giving verbal testimony to authorities.

INTENT TAGS: #recounting #explaining #clarification
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
反锁 SPOKEN CHUNK

locked from the inside

Commonly used to describe a door locked from the inside such that an outside key cannot open it.

开了一缝 SPOKEN CHUNK

opened a crack / left ajar

A colloquial northern phrasing describing a door or window opened just a tiny slit.

Modal Particle「呢」 (ne) CHANGE OF STATE

Emphasizes the ongoing state of the door being locked, adding descriptive immediacy.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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