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《Born with Luck》 S1·E22 (18:42) HSK 5
tā jiù shì bèi chē zhuàng sǐ de

他就是被车撞死的

“He was hit by a car.”

《Born with Luck》 S1·E22
TIMECODE: 18:42 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN yīn wèi lú zhèng jiù bú shì wǒ shā de

“Because I didn't kill Lu Zheng.”

tā jiù shì bèi chē zhuàng sǐ de CURRENT FOCUS

他 就是 被车撞死 的

“He was hit by a car.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nà duàn shí jiān wǒ gēn zōng tā

那段时间我跟踪他

“When I was following him,”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: CLARIFYING FACTS
Tone: ASSERTIVE
Emotion: DEFENSIVENESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Emphatic Self-Vindication

In high-stakes or legal contexts, speakers rely heavily on cleft constructions like '是...的' paired with '就是' to eliminate ambiguity and assert innocence directly.

INTENT TAGS: #clarification #self_defense #asserting_facts #denial
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
被车撞死 SPOKEN CHUNK

killed in a car collision / hit and killed by a vehicle

A common passive construction using '被' to describe a fatal traffic accident.

就是 SPOKEN CHUNK

simply / precisely / just

Used emphatically to reinforce the truth of a factual assertion.

Modal Particle「的」 (de) CHANGE OF STATE

Marks the end of a 'shi...de' cleft construction to emphasize how the event occurred.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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