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《The Silent Rift》 S1·E9 (07:58) HSK 6
tā men de shì qíng wǒ yě háo bù zhī qíng

他们的事情我也毫不知情

“I knew nothing about their activities either.”

《The Silent Rift》 S1·E9
TIMECODE: 07:58 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wǒ dāng rán méi yǒu cān yù qiǎng jié àn

“Of course, I wasn't involved in the robbery.”

tā men de shì qíng wǒ yě háo bù zhī qíng CURRENT FOCUS

他们的事情我也毫不知情

“I knew nothing about their activities either.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nǐ de zuǒ bǎng yòu bì

你的左膀右臂

“Your buddies have admitted to taking part in the robbery.”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: DENYING INVOLVEMENT
Tone: DEFENSIVE
Emotion: DEFENSIVENESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Whatever they did has nothing to do with me, so leave me out of it.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Drawing Clear Boundaries (撇清关系)

When facing criminal suspicion, speakers use emphatic idioms like 毫不知情 to draw an absolute line between themselves and suspected associates.

INTENT TAGS: #denial #self_defense #distancing #absolving_blame
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
毫不知情 SPOKEN CHUNK

completely unaware / having no knowledge whatsoever

A formal and emphatic four-character expression commonly used when making a serious denial of knowledge.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 4 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

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