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《The Guilty》 S1·E2 (31:10) HSK 3
wǒ shì xiǎng ràng nǐ bāng wǒ gěi qín jǐng guān dài jù huà

我是想让你帮我给秦警官带句话

“I just want you to pass a message to Officer Qin.”

《The Guilty》 S1·E2
TIMECODE: 31:10 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zhè bú shì wǒ shuō de zhè shì mǎ zǒng shuō de

“I'm not making this up. Mr. Ma said it.”

wǒ shì xiǎng ràng nǐ bāng wǒ gěi qín jǐng guān dài jù huà CURRENT FOCUS

我是 想 让你帮 我给秦警官 带句话

“I just want you to pass a message to Officer Qin.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ huì hǎo hǎo zhào gù nǐ de

“I'll take good care of you.”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: REQUESTING INTERMEDIATION
Tone: COERCIVE
Emotion: CALM
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You are my conduit to the police, so cooperate and relay what I say.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Relaying Messages through Intermediaries (带话)

Passing messages through indirect channels is a standard pragmatic tool in Chinese negotiation, serving either to avoid direct confrontation or to subtly probe boundaries.

INTENT TAGS: #intermediation #coercion #indirect_request #manipulation
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
带句话 SPOKEN CHUNK

pass a message or word along

Extremely common oral expression used when asking someone to relay verbal information to a third party.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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