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《The Devil Between Us》 S1·E5 (02:57) HSK 7
tā gěi wǒ de shí hòu wǒ bù zhī dào nà ge shì dú pǐn

他给我的时候 我不知道那个是毒品

“when he gave it to me, I didn't know it was drugs.”

《The Devil Between Us》 S1·E5
TIMECODE: 02:57 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN bú shì

不是

“Listen,”

tā gěi wǒ de shí hòu wǒ bù zhī dào nà ge shì dú pǐn CURRENT FOCUS

他 给我的时候 我不知道 那个 是毒品

“when he gave it to me, I didn't know it was drugs.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN ér qiě wǒ jiù chī guò liǎng cì bù zhī zhě bù guài

“And I only took it twice. You can't blame me for ignorance.”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: PLEADING IGNORANCE
Tone: DEFENSIVE
Emotion: FEAR
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I am an innocent victim here; do not punish me for something I did not knowingly do.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Subjective Mens Rea Defense (不知者不怪)

In Chinese social and moral reasoning, unintentional transgressions are traditionally judged far less harshly than premeditated acts.

INTENT TAGS: #pleading_ignorance #self_defense #blame_shifting #denial
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
……的时候 SPOKEN CHUNK

when / at the time that...

Standard temporal clause frame used to pinpoint the exact moment of an action.

我不知道 SPOKEN CHUNK

I didn't know / I don't know

The universal disclaimer used in spoken Chinese to deny prior knowledge or awareness.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
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