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《Light to the Night》 S1·E26 (36:53) HSK 5
dāng shí wǒ zhēn de yǐ wéi shì yī cháng yì wài

当时我真的以为是一场意外

“At the time, I really thought it was an accident.”

《Light to the Night》 S1·E26
TIMECODE: 36:53 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN yáo bǎi yuán yǒu kě néng shì xú méng shā de

“that Yao Baiyuan might have been killed by Xu Meng?”

dāng shí wǒ zhēn de yǐ wéi shì yī cháng yì wài CURRENT FOCUS

当时我 真的 以为是一场意外

“At the time, I really thought it was an accident.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nà xú zhì hóng shì zěn me sǐ de ?

“Then, how did Xu Zhihong die?”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: ADMITTING MISTAKE
Tone: EARNEST
Emotion: REGRET
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Don't blame me for overlooking it; I was completely deceived back then.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Distinction Between 以为 (yǐwéi) and 认为 (rènwéi)

In Chinese discourse, '以为' nearly always implies that the speaker's past presumption turned out to be false, conveying self-justification or retrospective realization.

INTENT TAGS: #self_justification #regret #clarification #retrospection
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
一场意外 SPOKEN CHUNK

an accident

Standard collocation using the measure word '场' (cháng) for unexpected life events or disasters.

以为 SPOKEN CHUNK

falsely thought / assumed

Expresses an assumption that turned out to be mistaken or incorrect in hindsight.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
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