MC
MandarinClips Cinema Corpus
《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E10 (26:17) HSK 4
dìng shì yǒu xīn zhī rén zài suō shǐ

定是有心之人在唆使

“must have been instigated by someone with ulterior motives.”

《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E10
TIMECODE: 26:17 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN hū rán diào chá jǐn zhōu cǎn àn yī shì

“sudden investigation into the Jinzhou massacre”

dìng shì yǒu xīn zhī rén zài suō shǐ CURRENT FOCUS

定是 有心之人 在唆使

“must have been instigated by someone with ulterior motives.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN rú jīn

如今

“Now,”

Subtitles synced to millisecond timecode Browse Show Clips →
Scene: Historical & Court
Function: SPECULATING
Tone: DEFENSIVE
Emotion: SUSPICION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“This is not an honest inquiry; an enemy is pulling the strings to take us down.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Factional Conspiracies (党争隐谋)

In imperial court politics, sudden calls for justice or legal re-examinations were rarely seen as neutral; they were routinely interpreted as factional strikes.

INTENT TAGS: #deflection #suspicion #framing #conspiracy
🧩

LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
有心之人 SPOKEN CHUNK

someone with hidden motives or ulterior intentions

A common literary and formal expression referring to an ill-intentioned schemer working in the shadows.

唆使 SPOKEN CHUNK

to instigate; to abet; to incite

A formal, derogatory verb used when someone induces another person to commit an improper or illicit act.

🏮

VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

EXPLORE BY SEMANTIC SIMILARITY
《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E10 (26:17) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus