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《The Imperial Coroner》 S2·E27 (16:15) HSK 7
zhēn xiàng wèi shuǐ luò shí chū zhī qián

真相未水落石出之前

“you need to stop messing around”

《The Imperial Coroner》 S2·E27
TIMECODE: 16:15 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN dàn

但

“However,”

zhēn xiàng wèi shuǐ luò shí chū zhī qián CURRENT FOCUS

真相未水落石出之前

“you need to stop messing around”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN bù xǔ zài hú nào

不许再胡闹

“before the truth is revealed.”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: SETTING BOUNDARIES
Tone: AUTHORITATIVE
Emotion: STERNNESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Prudence Before Judgement (慎言慎行)

In traditional Chinese governance and family discipline, authority figures demand that subordinates suppress speculation until undeniable proof is established.

INTENT TAGS: #prohibition #condition_setting #restraint #authority
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
水落石出 SPOKEN CHUNK

the truth comes out / all secrets are revealed

A common four-character idiom (chengyu) frequently used in legal, investigative, or conflict contexts to mean full clarification of facts.

……之前 SPOKEN CHUNK

before...

Placed after a clause to denote the temporal boundary prior to which a condition holds.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 4 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

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