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《Unsettled Case》 S1·E2 (27:45) HSK 5
zhè shì yī cì tiān dà de shī wù

这是一次天大的失误

“A giant cock-up.”

《Unsettled Case》 S1·E2
TIMECODE: 27:45 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zhí jiē shuō chū shí qíng

直接说出实情

“and say what it was.”

zhè shì yī cì tiān dà de shī wù CURRENT FOCUS

这是 一次 天大的失误

“A giant cock-up.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nǐ zuì hǎo de péng yǒu jiān dā dàng yīn cǐ bù fèn tān huàn ér nǐ yīn cǐ …… zěn me yàng ?

你最好的朋友兼搭档 因此部分瘫痪 而你因此…怎么样?

“One that left your best friend and partner partially paralyzed, and you… What?”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: ADMITTING MISTAKE
Tone: GRAVE
Emotion: GUILT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Acknowledging Blame Directly

Using vivid hyperboles like 'as big as heaven' shows total acknowledgment of accountability rather than attempting to minimize the fault.

INTENT TAGS: #confession #admitting_fault #seriousness #candor
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
天大的 SPOKEN CHUNK

monumental; as big as the sky

Used idiomatically to emphasize the immense scale of errors, secrets, or surprises.

失误 SPOKEN CHUNK

blunder; critical mistake

Denotes an error resulting from oversight, misjudgment, or technical failure.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 3 GRAMMAR
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