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《Coroner's Diary》 S1·E4 (34:32) HSK 7
yì zhuāng lǐ diǎn de yīng gāi shì sū yóu guǒ rán shì yǒu rén kè yì zòng huǒ

义庄里点的应该是酥油 果然是有人刻意纵火

“The morgue usually uses butter lamps. Someone set this fire on purpose.”

《Coroner's Diary》 S1·E4
TIMECODE: 34:32 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN tóng yóu

桐油

“Tung oil.”

yì zhuāng lǐ diǎn de yīng gāi shì sū yóu guǒ rán shì yǒu rén kè yì zòng huǒ CURRENT FOCUS

义庄里点的 应该是 酥油 果然是 有人 刻意 纵火

“The morgue usually uses butter lamps. Someone set this fire on purpose.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN huò huái xìn yǐ pài rén qù chá zuó yè gòu mǎi tóng yóu zhī rén

霍怀信已派人去查 昨夜购买桐油之人

“Huo Huaixin has sent men to check who bought tung oil last night.”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: CONFIRMING SUSPICION
Tone: ANALYTICAL
Emotion: SERIOUSNESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Yizhuang (Traditional Mortuaries)

In traditional China, Yizhuang were community or lineage-run facilities used to store dead bodies before proper burial, frequently featured in mystery and crime narratives.

INTENT TAGS: #deduction #verification #evidence_analysis #crime_solving
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

3 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
义庄 SPOKEN CHUNK

charity mortuary; temporary repository for corpses

A historical term referring to traditional mortuaries where unidentified or unclaimed coffins were kept.

果然是 SPOKEN CHUNK

as expected, it really is

Used to confirm a prior hypothesis or suspicion upon discovering hard evidence.

刻意 SPOKEN CHUNK

deliberately, intentionally

Adverb denoting purposeful design, often used when uncovering premeditated foul play.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

4 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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