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《The Truth》 S1·E30 (21:33) HSK 7
xiàn zài zì shǒu yě hái lái de jí sān gè wèn tí

现在自首也还来得及 三个问题

“It's not too late to surrender. Three questions.”

《The Truth》 S1·E30
TIMECODE: 21:33 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN jiù suàn nǐ céng jīng shì shòu hài zhě

就算你曾经是受害者

“Not even if you were a victim.”

xiàn zài zì shǒu yě hái lái de jí sān gè wèn tí CURRENT FOCUS

现在 自首 也 还来得及 三个问题

“It's not too late to surrender. Three questions.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN chéng jiàn mín bú shì nǐ shā de duì ma

程建民不是你杀的对吗

“You didn't kill Cheng Jianmin, right?”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: PERSUADING SURRENDER
Tone: ASSERTIVE
Emotion: URGENCY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“This is your last chance to come clean and save yourself; answer my questions truthfully right now.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Leniency for Confession (坦白从宽)

Under the Chinese legal framework, voluntary surrender (zishou) carries significant legal incentives for mitigated sentencing, often used by interrogators as moral and tactical leverage.

INTENT TAGS: #persuasion #ultimatum #warning #interrogation
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
自首 SPOKEN CHUNK

to turn oneself in; to surrender to the police

A standard legal term used when a perpetrator voluntarily confesses their wrongdoing to the authorities.

还来得及 SPOKEN CHUNK

there is still time; it is not too late

A highly practical daily and formal expression to comfort or urgently advise someone before a critical deadline passes.

Modal Particle「也」 (ye) CHANGE OF STATE

Functions adverbially here to emphasize that an opportunity remains viable despite past actions.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
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