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《Road to Success》 S1·E15 (12:27) HSK 7
tā bú shì cún xīn shuō huǎng de

他不是存心说谎的

“he didn't mean to lie.”

《Road to Success》 S1·E15
TIMECODE: 12:27 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN suǒ yǐ wǒ jué de

所以我觉得

“So I think”

tā bú shì cún xīn shuō huǎng de CURRENT FOCUS

他 不是 存心说谎 的

“he didn't mean to lie.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN hǎo le

好了

“Done.”

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Scene: School & Education
Function: DEFENDING SOMEONE
Tone: PLEADING AND SINCERE
Emotion: EMPATHY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Don't be too harsh on him; he had good reasons or didn't mean any harm.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Intention vs Result (心术与原谅)

In Chinese moral reasoning, whether an act was committed '存心' (with deliberate bad intent) heavily determines the degree of blame and social forgiveness.

INTENT TAGS: #mitigating #excusing #pleading #advocacy
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
存心 SPOKEN CHUNK

deliberately; on purpose (usually with negative connotations)

Frequently paired with negative verbs like lie, trick, or harm to evaluate malicious intent.

说谎 SPOKEN CHUNK

to tell a lie

Standard spoken word for lying.

Modal Particle「的」 (de) CHANGE OF STATE

Affirms the speaker's assessment of the person's true intent.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
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