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《The Imperial Coroner》 S2·E10 (21:03) HSK 7
kě bú shì xìn kǒu kāi hé a

可不是信口开河啊

“I was not talking nonsense.”

《The Imperial Coroner》 S2·E10
TIMECODE: 21:03 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wǒ zhī qián gēn nǐ shuō nǐ wèi qíng suǒ kùn

“When I said before that you were tangled up in your feelings,”

kě bú shì xìn kǒu kāi hé a CURRENT FOCUS

可不是 信口开河 啊

“I was not talking nonsense.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nǐ shuō dé duì

你说得对

“You were right.”

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Scene: Social & Dating
Function: VALIDATING PREVIOUS WARNING
Tone: ASSERTIVE
Emotion: CONFIDENCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I told you so—my warning about your love life was spot on.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Idiom Usage in Everyday Advice

Chinese speakers frequently incorporate four-character idioms like 'speaking carelessly like an unchecked river' into casual conversation to add weight and authority to personal advice.

INTENT TAGS: #self_vindication #emphasis #reminding #credibility
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
可不是 SPOKEN CHUNK

certainly not; definitely not (used for emphatic negation before a verb phrase)

Use this before a negative statement to strongly refute a potential misunderstanding or emphasize the truth of your claim.

信口开河 SPOKEN CHUNK

to talk nonsense; to make irresponsible or unfounded remarks

A common four-character idiom used to describe someone speaking carelessly without factual basis.

Modal Particle「啊」 (a) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens the self-vindication while drawing the listener's attention to the truth of the statement.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 8 GRAMMAR
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