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《Light to the Night》 S1·E27 (40:32) HSK 4
wǒ běn lái yě méi xiǎng hài sǐ nà ge nán hái

我本来也没想害死那个男孩

“I didn't mean to kill the boy.”

《Light to the Night》 S1·E27
TIMECODE: 40:32 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

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

你接着说

“Go on.”

wǒ běn lái yě méi xiǎng hài sǐ nà ge nán hái CURRENT FOCUS

我 本来也没想 害死 那个 男孩

“I didn't mean to kill the boy.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN zhǔ yào shì nà cì huí dào wèi yáng

主要是那次回到魏阳

“It's just that when I came back to Weiyang,”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: PLEADING LACK OF INTENT
Tone: CONFESSIONAL AND APOLOGETIC
Emotion: GUILT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“It was an accident; I never intended for things to go that far.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Subjective Malice vs. Negligence

In both Chinese social morality and legal contexts, clearly demonstrating the absence of premeditated malice is crucial for leniency.

INTENT TAGS: #confession #mitigation #defensiveness #denial_of_intent
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
本来也没想 SPOKEN CHUNK

never intended to in the first place

Used to mitigate fault by stressing that the negative outcome was never one's original intention.

害死 SPOKEN CHUNK

cause someone's death / kill someone through one's actions

A resultative verb compound describing bringing about someone's death, often through harm or negligence.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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