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《Echoes of a Thousand Moons》 S1·E31 (11:20) HSK 3
guǒ bù qí rán wǒ gāng yī dào zhè ér jiù bèi nǐ men gěi kòu zhù le

果不其然我刚一到这儿 就被你们给扣住了

“Sure enough, as soon as I got here, I was detained by you.”

《Echoes of a Thousand Moons》 S1·E31
TIMECODE: 11:20 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nǐ men zhēn chá néng lì zěn me yàng a

“How is your reconnaissance ability?”

guǒ bù qí rán wǒ gāng yī dào zhè ér jiù bèi nǐ men gěi kòu zhù le CURRENT FOCUS

果不其然 我 刚 一 到这儿 就 被你们给扣住了

“Sure enough, as soon as I got here, I was detained by you.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN xiè xiè kuā zàn a

谢谢夸赞啊

“Thanks for the compliment.”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: CONCEDING DEFEAT
Tone: BANTERING
Emotion: RESIGNATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You proved my point about your surveillance skills—you caught me immediately.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Complimenting Rivals (借损为夸)

In Chinese verbal sparring, opponents often acknowledge an adversary's competence through mock self-pity or ironic statements that secretly grant face.

INTENT TAGS: #acknowledgment #bantering #conceding #testing
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

3 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
果不其然 SPOKEN CHUNK

just as expected / sure enough

A literary yet widely used set phrase deployed when an outcome matches a prior hunch or prediction.

刚一……就…… SPOKEN CHUNK

as soon as ... then ...

A core correlative structure emphasizing the immediacy of an event occurring right after another.

扣住 SPOKEN CHUNK

detain / seize / hold back

Colloquial term for apprehending, holding, or intercepting a person or confiscated goods.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Marks the completion of being apprehended and reinforces the reality of the accomplished outcome.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
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