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《The Truth》 S1·E30 (02:33) HSK 1
bú shì bú shì jiàn sǐ bù jiù

不是不是 见死不救

“No. You watched her die”

《The Truth》 S1·E30
TIMECODE: 02:33 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN ér nǐ zuò le shén me

而你做了什么

“And what did you do?”

bú shì bú shì jiàn sǐ bù jiù CURRENT FOCUS

不是不是 见死不救

“No. You watched her die”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN luò jǐng xià shí bú shì hái tì shā rén fàn kāi tuō bú shì wǒ bú shì de

落井下石 不是 还替杀人犯开脱 不是我 不是的

“and finished her. No. And you defended the murderer. I didn't. No.”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: PANICKED DENIAL
Tone: DEFENSIVE
Emotion: FEAR
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I panicked, but I am not the ruthless monster you are making me out to be!”
💡 Cultural Insight: Moral Condemnation of Callousness (见死不救)

Chinese society places immense moral shame on failing to offer aid to those in mortal danger, viewing it as a fundamental failure of conscience (良心).

INTENT TAGS: #denial #defensiveness #panic #self_justification
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
见死不救 SPOKEN CHUNK

to stand by and watch someone die without helping

A severe chengyu (idiom) carrying heavy moral condemnation for failing to save someone in dire peril.

不是不是 SPOKEN CHUNK

no, no; that's not true

Repeated rapidly in spoken dialogue to signal extreme panic or an urgent desire to clear oneself.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
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