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《The Knockout》 S1·E24 (05:37) HSK 4
tā zhī qián yì zhí zài jiǎng tā nà tiān wǎn shàng qù de shì

他之前一直在讲 他那天晚上去的是

“He kept saying he went to drink”

《The Knockout》 S1·E24
TIMECODE: 05:37 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN táng xiǎo hǔ de chē shì

唐小虎的车 是

“Tang Xiaohu's car. Yes.”

tā zhī qián yì zhí zài jiǎng tā nà tiān wǎn shàng qù de shì CURRENT FOCUS

他之前一直在讲 他 那天晚上 去的是

“He kept saying he went to drink”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN gāo qǐ qiáng tā men jiā hē de jiǔ

高启强他们家喝的酒

“at Gao Qiqiang's house that night.”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: RECOUNTING TESTIMONY
Tone: DELIBERATE AND ANALYTICAL
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Cooperative Sentence Completion

In collaborative Chinese dialogue, speakers often intentionally pause or trail off at key connective words to allow colleagues to complete the thought, signaling shared context.

INTENT TAGS: #investigation #reconstructing #clarifying_facts #collaboration
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
一直在讲 SPOKEN CHUNK

kept saying all along

Indicates continuous or repetitive verbal statements over an extended period.

那天晚上 SPOKEN CHUNK

that specific night

A frequent temporal anchor used in narratives and investigative reconstructions.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
COLLOQUIAL EXPRESSIONS:
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