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《Coroner's Diary》 S1·E4 (24:02) HSK 5
kuī de yǒu rén shuō jiàn dào yī dài xiè zhì miàn jù de nǚ zǐ

亏得有人说 见到一戴獬豸面具的女子

“Luckily, someone mentioned a girl in a xiezhi mask.”

《Coroner's Diary》 S1·E4
TIMECODE: 24:02 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN bù guò nǐ dǎo shì dà dǎn zhè me duō rén yě gǎn mào xiǎn

“It was bold of you to take a risk on such a crowded street.”

kuī de yǒu rén shuō jiàn dào yī dài xiè zhì miàn jù de nǚ zǐ CURRENT FOCUS

亏得 有人 说 见到一戴獬豸面具的女子

“Luckily, someone mentioned a girl in a xiezhi mask.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ cái néng xún dào nǐ

我才能寻到你

“That's how I found you.”

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Scene: Historical & Court
Function: EXPRESSING RELIEF
Tone: REPROACHFUL
Emotion: RELIEF
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You were so reckless, it is pure luck that I managed to track you down.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Xiezhi Mythical Creature

In traditional Chinese culture, the Xiezhi is a legendary one-horned beast known for discerning justice and warding off evil, frequently used as an emblem of judicial authority.

INTENT TAGS: #expressing_relief #reproach #tracking #explaining
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
亏得 SPOKEN CHUNK

luckily; fortunately thanks to

Use this at the beginning of a sentence to credit a specific piece of good fortune that averted disaster.

戴面具 SPOKEN CHUNK

wear a mask

A standard verb-object collocation used both literally and metaphorically.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
COLLOQUIAL EXPRESSIONS:
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