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《River Sunset》 S1·E15 (36:49) HSK 5
zhà sǐ le tā de sī jī hái yǒu mì shū

炸死了他的司机还有秘书

“killing his driver and secretary.”

《River Sunset》 S1·E15
TIMECODE: 36:49 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN ān fàng le zhà dàn

安放了炸弹

“planted a bomb.”

zhà sǐ le tā de sī jī hái yǒu mì shū CURRENT FOCUS

炸死了他的司机还有秘书

“killing his driver and secretary.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN jiǎo xìng de shì

侥幸的是

“Fortunately,”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: REPORTING FACTS
Tone: GRAVE
Emotion: SOLEMNITY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Resultative Verb Compounds

Chinese frequently combines the action and its lethal consequence into a concise two-character unit (action + result) to deliver factual impact.

INTENT TAGS: #reporting #informing #stating_facts #describing_casualty
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
炸死 SPOKEN CHUNK

to kill in an explosion / to be killed by bombing

A resultative verb compound combining the action 'bomb' with the result 'dead'.

还有 SPOKEN CHUNK

and also; as well as

A connective chunk used in spoken Chinese to add extra items to a list.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Indicates the completion of the lethal action.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 7 GRAMMAR
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