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《River Sunset》 S1·E15 (34:35) HSK 2
jiù zhī dào nǐ men shì cuò de

就知道你们是错的

“you'll know you were wrong.”

《River Sunset》 S1·E15
TIMECODE: 34:35 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN kàn kàn nà xià miàn yǒu duō shǎo gēn yān cōng

“and see how many smokestacks are down there,”

jiù zhī dào nǐ men shì cuò de CURRENT FOCUS

就知道你们是错的

“you'll know you were wrong.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN gè wèi

各位

“Gentlemen.”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: GLOATING OR AFFIRMING CORRECTNESS
Tone: VINDICTIVE
Emotion: SATISFACTION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I told you so, and now you have no choice but to admit it.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Saving vs. Losing Face in Disputes

Bluntly telling a group that they are wrong directly strips them of face, indicating a context where social tact has collapsed into overt rivalry.

INTENT TAGS: #asserting_superiority #vindication #blaming #gloating
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
就知道 SPOKEN CHUNK

knew it all along

Commonly used in spoken Chinese to express an 'I told you so' sentiment when a prior suspicion is confirmed.

Modal Particle「的」 (de) CHANGE OF STATE

Functions as an emphatic particle asserting certainty about the opposing party's mistaken status.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 5 GRAMMAR
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