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《Unsettled Case》 S1·E2 (04:31) HSK 1
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梅里特·林加德 她是个一根筋

“Merritt Lingard. [snickers] She was a blunt instrument, that one.”

《Unsettled Case》 S1·E2
TIMECODE: 04:31 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wǒ bù rèn wéi wǒ shì zhè me rèn wéi de

我不认为我是这么认为的

“I don't think that is what I think.”

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梅里特·林加德 她 是 个 一根筋

“Merritt Lingard. [snickers] She was a blunt instrument, that one.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN - hé mò kè jǐng tàn yǒu diǎn xiàng - xiè le

- 和莫克警探有点像 - 谢了

“- Uh, not unlike Detective Morck. - Cheers.”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: CHARACTERIZING
Tone: BLUNT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“She's obsessive and won't back down easily.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Yigenjin (One-Track Mind)

Describing someone as '一根筋' literally invokes having only one tendon or muscle sinew, metaphorically denoting someone incapable of flexible thinking or compromise.

INTENT TAGS: #character_assessment #personality_evaluation #informal_critique
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
一根筋 SPOKEN CHUNK

stubborn / one-track minded / single-minded

An extremely common colloquial idiom used to describe someone who is inflexible, obstinate, or fixated on one path.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 2 GRAMMAR
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