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《Unsettled Case》 S1·E2 (02:08) HSK 7
yí dàn dé shǒu jiù bèi kùn zhù le

一旦得手 就被困住了

“Once you've done it, you're stuck.”

《Unsettled Case》 S1·E2
TIMECODE: 02:08 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN yīn wèi shuí huì zài gāi sǐ de dù lún shàng yù móu shā rén ?

因为谁会在该死的渡轮上预谋杀人?

“Because who plans a murder on a fucking ferry?”

yí dàn dé shǒu jiù bèi kùn zhù le CURRENT FOCUS

一旦 得手 就 被困住了

“Once you've done it, you're stuck.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN hǎo ba nà wǒ men jiǎ shè zhè bú shì yù xiān jì huà hǎo de ér shì lín shí qǐ yì

好吧 那我们假设 这不是预先计划好的 而是临时起意

“All right. Let's say it wasn't planned. Let's say it was spontaneous.”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: ANALYZING A SITUATION
Tone: ANALYTICAL
Emotion: SKEPTICISM
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“No smart criminal would do this because there is no way out.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Deductive Logic in Chinese Discourse

Connectors like '一旦...就' are foundational in spoken Mandarin to succinctly construct cause-and-effect deductive arguments.

INTENT TAGS: #counterargument #deduction #skepticism #analysis
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
一旦……就…… SPOKEN CHUNK

once... then...

A common conditional sentence pattern indicating that the second clause will immediately follow once the condition is met.

得手 SPOKEN CHUNK

to succeed in an attempt (often illicit)

Frequently used in criminal or competitive contexts to describe successfully pulling off a scheme or theft.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Indicates a newly realized state of entrapment resulting from the completed action.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 9 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

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