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《A Splendid Match》 S1·E14 (36:24) HSK 3
lìng cí shì bèi rén hài sǐ de

令慈是被人害死的

“Your mother was murdered.”

《A Splendid Match》 S1·E14
TIMECODE: 36:24 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN páng rén bù zhī dào wǒ hái bù zhī dào ma

“Others may not know, but I do.”

lìng cí shì bèi rén hài sǐ de CURRENT FOCUS

令慈 是 被人害死的

“Your mother was murdered.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN shuí hài de

谁害的

“Who did it?”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: REVEALING SECRET
Tone: GRAVE
Emotion: SERIOUSNESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Your mother did not die naturally—someone killed her, and you need to wake up to the truth.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Honorific Kinship Terms

In traditional Chinese culture, addressing someone else's parents using polite honorifics like 'Lingci' (令慈) demonstrates proper etiquette, even when delivering grim news.

INTENT TAGS: #disclosure #provocation #truth_telling #instigation
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
令慈 SPOKEN CHUNK

your esteemed mother

A highly formal, classical honorific used in traditional or period contexts to refer respectfully to the listener's mother.

被人害死 SPOKEN CHUNK

murdered / harmed to death by someone

A passive construction indicating someone met a wrongful and unnatural death at the hands of another.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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