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《Road to Success》 S1·E28 (22:03) HSK 1
nǐ zǎo jiù cāi dào shì xiàng zǐ

你早就猜到是向梓

“you had guessed it was Xiang Zi all along?”

《Road to Success》 S1·E28
TIMECODE: 22:03 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nǐ shuō

你说

“You mean”

nǐ zǎo jiù cāi dào shì xiàng zǐ CURRENT FOCUS

你 早就猜到 是向梓

“you had guessed it was Xiang Zi all along?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ cóng lái méi yǒu qù zhèng shí guò

“I never tried to verify it.”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: SEEKING CONFIRMATION
Tone: QUESTIONING
Emotion: SUSPICION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You knew it was them all along, so why did you keep it to yourself?”
💡 Cultural Insight: Implicit Withholding of Information

Knowing the truth early but choosing not to verify or voice it often reflects caution or a desire to avoid direct confrontation until indisputable evidence exists.

INTENT TAGS: #interrogating #confronting #deduction #probing
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
早就 SPOKEN CHUNK

long ago; since way back

Emphasizes that an action or realization happened much earlier than expected.

猜到 SPOKEN CHUNK

guessed correctly; figured out

A resultative verb compound combining 'guess' with the successful outcome marker '到'.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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