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《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E8 (19:30) HSK 6
zhèng mái pí zi ne bèi wǒ men àn zhù le

正埋皮子呢 被我们按住了

“He was burying pelts when we caught him.”

《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E8
TIMECODE: 19:30 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zěn me jiù yí gè a jiù pèng dào tā yí gè rén

“Why is there only one? We only found him alone.”

zhèng mái pí zi ne bèi wǒ men àn zhù le CURRENT FOCUS

正 埋皮子 呢 被我们 按住了

“He was burying pelts when we caught him.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN lǎo shú rén

老熟人

“An old acquaintance.”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: REPORTING STATUS
Tone: MATTER-OF-FACT AND RESOLUTE
Emotion: RELIEF
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Anti-Poaching Operations

References to 'pelts' (皮子) in Chinese patrol or enforcement contexts often relate to anti-poaching and environmental protection efforts in wilderness frontiers.

INTENT TAGS: #reporting #detaining #catching_in_act #briefing
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
按住了 SPOKEN CHUNK

pinned down; restrained; held in place

Describes physical restraint or successfully immobilizing a suspect or target.

正……呢 SPOKEN CHUNK

right in the middle of doing something

A classic grammatical construction indicating an ongoing action interrupted by another event.

Modal Particle「呢」 (ne) CHANGE OF STATE

Marks the continuous aspect of the action (burying pelts) at the moment the interception occurred.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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