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《A Splendid Match》 S1·E12 (34:57) HSK 3
zhǐ shì qīng miáo dàn xiě dì dài guò le

只是轻描淡写地带过了

“merely a cursory brush-off.”

《A Splendid Match》 S1·E12
TIMECODE: 34:57 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN què méi yǒu rèn hé chǔ fá

却没有任何处罚

“Yet she received no punishment whatsoever—”

zhǐ shì qīng miáo dàn xiě dì dài guò le CURRENT FOCUS

只是 轻描淡写 地带过了

“merely a cursory brush-off.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN kě jiàn

可见

“It only goes to show”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: CRITICIZING LENIENCY
Tone: CRITICAL
Emotion: INDIGNATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“They let them off way too easily, which proves there is favoritism.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Downplaying Conflicts (大事化小)

Chinese institutional and family authorities often try to 'turn big issues into small ones' to maintain apparent harmony, which critics often view as unfair cover-ups.

INTENT TAGS: #accusation #skepticism #criticism #pointing_out_bias
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
轻描淡写 SPOKEN CHUNK

touch on lightly; play down; gloss over

A vivid four-character idiom describing the act of minimizing a serious mistake or critical event as if it were trivial.

带过 SPOKEN CHUNK

gloss over; brush aside; skip past

Often paired with adverbs to describe quickly passing over an uncomfortable or inconvenient topic.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Marks the completion of the action, emphasizing that the evasion has already concluded.

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1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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