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《River Sunset》 S1·E14 (15:49) HSK 7
zhè zhǐ shì lì xíng gōng shì ér yǐ

这只是例行公事而已

“This is just routine procedure.”

《River Sunset》 S1·E14
TIMECODE: 15:49 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN jīn tiān gū jì shén me dū huì zhāo

今天估计什么都会招

“She'll probably confess to everything today.”

zhè zhǐ shì lì xíng gōng shì ér yǐ CURRENT FOCUS

这 只是 例行公事 而已

“This is just routine procedure.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nǐ bú yào duì tā zěn me yàng

你不要对她怎么样

“Don't do anything to her.”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: DOWNPLAYING SERIOUSNESS
Tone: BUREAUCRATIC
Emotion: INDIFFERENCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Don't blame me or overreact; I am just following official orders.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Bureaucratic Shielding

Invoking institutional routine is a standard conversational tactic in Chinese administrative environments to evade interpersonal conflict and moral blame.

INTENT TAGS: #downplaying #dismissal #deflection #reassurance
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
例行公事 SPOKEN CHUNK

routine business; standard procedure

Used to describe formal duties carried out mechanically, often to downplay personal culpability.

只是...而已 SPOKEN CHUNK

merely... and nothing more

A standard construction used to downplay importance or soften the weight of a statement.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 5 GRAMMAR
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