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《The Imperial Coroner》 S2·E23 (31:21) HSK 7
yǐ zhú sǔn de zhǎng shì lái gū suàn shí chén

以竹笋的长势来估算时辰

“Based on the growth rate,”

《The Imperial Coroner》 S2·E23
TIMECODE: 31:21 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN sǐ yú zhú sǔn de cì chuān

“making it appear he died from being impaled by the bamboo shoot.”

yǐ zhú sǔn de zhǎng shì lái gū suàn shí chén CURRENT FOCUS

以竹笋的长势来估算时辰

“Based on the growth rate,”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN yī yè zhī jiān zú gòu cì chuān tā de shēn tǐ

“a single night was enough for the shoot to pierce through his body.”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: PROPOSING METHOD
Tone: ANALYTICAL
Emotion: CALM
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Traditional Forensic Science (法医/洗冤集录)

Historic Chinese jurisprudence frequently utilized natural and biological indicators to determine timeline and cause of death.

INTENT TAGS: #deduction #forensic_reasoning #proposing #calculating
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
以……来…… SPOKEN CHUNK

using [X] in order to [Y]; based on [X] to do [Y]

A versatile formal syntactic structure introducing the basis or method for an action.

长势 SPOKEN CHUNK

growth vigor; growth rate/condition

Formal botanical term describing how strongly or quickly plants and crops are growing.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

0 EXPR · 4 GRAMMAR
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