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《Coroner's Diary》 S1·E18 (05:02) HSK 1
xiǎng bì shì shǒu dào qín lái

想必是手到擒来

“is nothing for him.”

《Coroner's Diary》 S1·E18
TIMECODE: 05:02 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zhè xiē xiǎo shì

这些小事

“I'm sure handling this”

xiǎng bì shì shǒu dào qín lái CURRENT FOCUS

想必是 手到擒来

“is nothing for him.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN páng gōng guò yù le

庞公过誉了

“Mr. Pang, you flatter me.”

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Scene: Historical & Court
Function: FLATTERING OR COMPLIMENTING
Tone: FLATTERING
Emotion: ADMIRATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You are so capable that this small challenge should be a total breeze for you.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Polite Flattery (Fengcheng)

In classical Chinese social exchanges, offering high praise before an undertaking affirms the listener's status and establishes social harmony.

INTENT TAGS: #flattery #praise #compliment #anticipation
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
想必是 SPOKEN CHUNK

presumably; most likely

A sophisticated way to express deductive certainty or polite supposition in formal spoken Chinese.

手到擒来 SPOKEN CHUNK

easily accomplished; sure of success

A set idiom used to describe tasks that require minimal effort because of high competence.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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