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《Vanished Name》 S1·E26 (31:03) HSK 4
wǒ hěn zǎo zhī qián jiù gēn nǐ shuō guò

我很早之前就跟你说过

“I told you long ago.”

《Vanished Name》 S1·E26
TIMECODE: 31:03 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN míng míng bái bái dì chéng rèn piāo qiè

“out of fear of facing criminal charges.”

wǒ hěn zǎo zhī qián jiù gēn nǐ shuō guò CURRENT FOCUS

我 很早之前就跟你说过

“I told you long ago.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN zhēn xiàng

真相

“The truth will come out.”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: ASSERTING PRIOR KNOWLEDGE
Tone: ASSERTIVE
Emotion: FRUSTRATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You have no right to act surprised now because I warned you already.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Vindication and Prior Warning

Explicitly invoking past warnings serves to establish moral high ground and disclaim liability in Chinese interpersonal conflicts.

INTENT TAGS: #reproach #vindication #warning #deflecting_blame
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
很早之前 SPOKEN CHUNK

a long time ago / way back then

Used to emphasize temporal distance and establish a prior warning or event.

就跟你说过 SPOKEN CHUNK

already told you

Commonly carries an assertive or mildly reproaching tone indicating unheeded advice.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Emphasizes the completion of the action well before the current conversation.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

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