《Archives: The Nanyang Mystery》 S1·E5 (02:51)
HSK 7
dà gài jiù shì qù zhuā cāng yíng
大概就是去抓苍蝇
“probably just to catch flies.”
《Archives: The Nanyang Mystery》
S1·E5
TIMECODE: 02:51
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THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
jīng cháng guǐ guǐ suì suì dì pǎo chū qù
“sneak out in the middle of the night,”
dà gài jiù shì qù zhuā cāng yíng
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大概就是 去抓苍蝇
“probably just to catch flies.”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
nǐ men shuō de zhè ge sòng cāi
你们说的这个宋猜
“Is the Song Cai you just mentioned”
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WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
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💡 Cultural Insight: Pragmatic Conjecture with 大概
Speakers rely on qualifiers like 大概 to frame deductive reasoning without asserting absolute certainty in investigative contexts.
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#speculation
#clarification
#hypothesis
#investigation
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大概就是
SPOKEN CHUNK
most likely just / probably simply
Used to summarize a reasonable guess or reduce a mystery to a plausible explanation.
抓苍蝇
SPOKEN CHUNK
to catch flies
A literal action phrase; in everyday idioms it can also mean idling away time, though here it describes an actual act.
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