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《The Guilty》 S1·E2 (19:34) HSK 5
dàn shì shí nián zhī qián bù zhī dào wèi shén me liǎng gè rén jiù fēn shǒu le

但是十年之前 不知道为什么 两个人就分手了

“However, for reasons unknown, they broke up ten years ago.”

《The Guilty》 S1·E2
TIMECODE: 19:34 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN tā men dōu jué de tā men shì tiān zuò zhī hé

“Everyone considered them a perfect match.”

dàn shì shí nián zhī qián bù zhī dào wèi shén me liǎng gè rén jiù fēn shǒu le CURRENT FOCUS

但是 十年之前 不知道为什么 两个人就 分手了

“However, for reasons unknown, they broke up ten years ago.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN shí nián qián duì

十年前 对

“Ten years ago? Yes.”

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Scene: Daily Life
Function: NARRATING PAST EVENTS
Tone: REFLECTIVE
Emotion: CURIOSITY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Something weird definitely happened ten years ago to make such a perfect couple suddenly split.”
INTENT TAGS: #storytelling #expressing_puzzlement #contrasting #gossiping
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
不知道为什么 SPOKEN CHUNK

for some unknown reason / don't know why

Used as a parenthetical phrase in storytelling to highlight that an event happened unexpectedly or mysteriously.

分手 SPOKEN CHUNK

to break up / to part ways

The standard everyday verb used for romantic couples ending their relationship.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Marks the completion of the action (breaking up) and the resulting change of state in their relationship.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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