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《The Tang Mist》 S1·E7 (17:16) HSK 3
zhè yí dìng shì zāi zāng jià huò

这一定是栽赃嫁祸

“This has to be a set-up.”

《The Tang Mist》 S1·E7
TIMECODE: 17:16 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN yǐ zhǐ bāo huǒ ma

以纸包火吗

“asking to be caught?”

zhè yí dìng shì zāi zāng jià huò CURRENT FOCUS

这一定是栽赃嫁祸

“This has to be a set-up.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN dàn zhào gōng sūn cì shǐ suǒ shuō

“But according to Prefect Gongsun,”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: ASSERTING INNOCENCE
Tone: ASSERTIVE
Emotion: ANXIETY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Framing in Legal Disputes (Zai Zang)

Fabricating evidence to shift culpability onto an innocent party is a staple theme in Chinese legal history and court case fiction (Gong'an literature).

INTENT TAGS: #denial #allegation #defense #certainty
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
栽赃嫁祸 SPOKEN CHUNK

to plant evidence and frame someone; to shift blame maliciously

A common four-character idiom (chengyu) used in formal or dramatic contexts when claiming someone was set up.

一定是 SPOKEN CHUNK

must be; definitely is

Used to express strong certainty or conviction about a deduction.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 5 GRAMMAR
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