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《Coroner's Diary》 S1·E24 (21:27) HSK 7
huáng jiě shì yīn wèi tài zi gē gē shī zōng cái yī shí shī le fēn cùn

皇姐是因为太子哥哥失踪 才一时失了分寸

“my sister is losing it due to our brother's disappearance.”

《Coroner's Diary》 S1·E24
TIMECODE: 21:27 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN shào shuài

少帅

“Young Marshal,”

huáng jiě shì yīn wèi tài zi gē gē shī zōng cái yī shí shī le fēn cùn CURRENT FOCUS

皇姐 是因为 太 子哥哥 失踪 才一时 失了分寸

“my sister is losing it due to our brother's disappearance.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN hái qǐng bú yào jiè yì tài zi gē gē rú guǒ bù néng huó zhe huí lái

“Please don't take offense. If my brother doesn't come back alive,”

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Scene: Historical & Court
Function: APOLOGIZING ON BEHALF
Tone: CONCILIATORY
Emotion: ANXIETY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Fencun (Sense of Propriety)

'Fencun' is the traditional virtue of knowing limits and maintaining measured behavior; losing it under extreme emotional stress is one of the few socially forgivable excuses.

INTENT TAGS: #mediation #excusing #face_saving #de_escalation
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
失了分寸 SPOKEN CHUNK

to lose one's sense of propriety / to overstep boundaries / to lose composure

A very common formal collocation to describe someone behaving inappropriately due to strong emotion or negligence.

才一时 SPOKEN CHUNK

only temporarily / merely for a brief moment

Used to frame an error as an uncharacteristic, momentary lapse rather than habitual malice.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
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