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《Light to the Night》 S1·E7 (28:30) HSK 4
nà duì fù nǚ shì nǐ zuò diào de ?

那对父女是你做掉的?

“You killed them?”

《Light to the Night》 S1·E7
TIMECODE: 28:30 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN hái bǎ nà liǎng fù nǚ cái hǎo hǎo gǎo dìng

还把那两父女才好好搞定

“I had to clean up after him and deal with those two.”

nà duì fù nǚ shì nǐ zuò diào de ? CURRENT FOCUS

那对父女是你 做掉的 ?

“You killed them?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN kàn bù chū lái nǐ hái shì gè hěn rén yī dāo yí gè

看不出来 你还是个狠人 一刀一个

“I didn't know you were this ruthless. One slash, one life.”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: VERIFYING INFORMATION
Tone: INCREDULOUS
Emotion: SURPRISE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Did you really have the guts to kill both of them yourself?”
💡 Cultural Insight: Underworld Slang for Homicide

Verbs like 'zuo diao' (make away with) serve as common underworld euphemisms to refer to killing someone without uttering the direct word 'sha' (kill).

INTENT TAGS: #interrogation #probing #confirmation #suspicion
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
做掉 SPOKEN CHUNK

to take out; to bump off; to eliminate

Underworld and informal criminal slang meaning to murder or assassinate someone.

那对父女 SPOKEN CHUNK

that father and daughter pair

Common noun phrase used to specify a pair of relatives composed of a father and his daughter.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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