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《The Heir》 S1·E34 (05:50) HSK 3
jiù nín jiàn guò nà ge qī dōng jiā tā tū rán jiù bú jiàn rén yǐng le

就您见过那个戚东家 他突然就不见人影了

“Master Qi, whom you've met before. He suddenly disappeared.”

《The Heir》 S1·E34
TIMECODE: 05:50 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN shì wǒ zhǎo rén qù le

是 我找人去了

“I went looking for someone.”

jiù nín jiàn guò nà ge qī dōng jiā tā tū rán jiù bú jiàn rén yǐng le CURRENT FOCUS

就您 见过 那个 戚 东家 他 突然就 不见人影 了

“Master Qi, whom you've met before. He suddenly disappeared.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN zhēn zhǎng shì jiù hǎn wǒ qù dào chù dǎ tīng dǎ tīng

“Manager Zhen told me to ask around.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: REPORTING INFORMATION
Tone: EXPLANATORY
Emotion: CONFUSION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Honorific Pronoun 'Nin'

Using 'nin' reflects respectful Chinese workplace decorum when addressing elders or higher-ranking masters.

INTENT TAGS: #reporting #explaining #justifying
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
不见人影 SPOKEN CHUNK

nowhere to be seen; vanished without a trace

A highly idiomatic colloquial expression describing someone whose whereabouts are suddenly completely unknown.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Marks a new change of state, indicating the person has now suddenly disappeared.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

5 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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