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《Coroner's Diary》 S1·E3 (26:19) HSK 7
wàn yī shì xíng xiōng rén gù bù yí zhèn tuō yán shí jiān

万一是行凶人故布疑阵 拖延时间

“What if the perpetrator is deliberately misleading us to buy some time?”

《Coroner's Diary》 S1·E3
TIMECODE: 26:19 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN bù néng zài zài cǐ shì shàng jiū chán le

“We can't dwell on this matter any longer.”

wàn yī shì xíng xiōng rén gù bù yí zhèn tuō yán shí jiān CURRENT FOCUS

万一 是行凶人 故布疑阵 拖延时间

“What if the perpetrator is deliberately misleading us to buy some time?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN zhǐ pà shī shēn bài huài yán zhòng huì sǔn shī hěn duō xiàn suǒ

“I'm afraid the body might deteriorate severely, causing us to lose many clues.”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: HYPOTHESIZING RISK
Tone: CAUTIONARY
Emotion: ANXIETY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Forensic Urgency in Traditional Inquests

Without modern preservation technology, traditional coroners (仵作) faced extreme time pressure before decomposition destroyed critical trauma patterns and wound evidence.

INTENT TAGS: #warning #hypothesis #urgency #investigation
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
故布疑阵 SPOKEN CHUNK

to set up a red herring; to create a deceptive maze

Used in crime, strategy, or business contexts to describe intentional deception designed to confuse an opponent.

拖延时间 SPOKEN CHUNK

to buy time; to stall

Very common both in daily spoken Chinese and professional settings to refer to intentional delays.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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