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《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E37 (06:38) HSK 7
jiù shì tài má fán nǐ men jǐng chá tóng zhì le bei méi shì méi shì

就是太麻烦 你们警察同志了呗 没事 没事

“It's just that I caused too much trouble for you police officers. It's fine.”

《Born to Be Alive》 S1·E37
TIMECODE: 06:38 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN xiǎng tōng le
想通了 →

“Yeah, I have!”

jiù shì tài má fán nǐ men jǐng chá tóng zhì le bei méi shì méi shì CURRENT FOCUS

就是 太 麻烦 你们警察同志 了 呗 没事 没事

“It's just that I caused too much trouble for you police officers. It's fine.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ gěi nǐ kàn yī xià

我给你看一下

“Let me show you.”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: POLITE REFUSAL
Tone: APOLOGETIC
Emotion: ANXIETY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I really don't want to get you involved or make a fuss, let's just drop it.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Fear of Troubling Authority (Ke-qi)

Chinese citizens often exhibit extreme politeness and reluctance to inconvenience public servants unless strictly necessary.

INTENT TAGS: #politeness #hedging #de-escalation #avoidance
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
警察同志 SPOKEN CHUNK

comrade police officer

A respectful, standard public form of address for police officers in mainland China.

太麻烦……了 SPOKEN CHUNK

causes too much trouble for...

An essential polite formula used to express hesitation about inconveniencing others.

Modal Particle「呗」 (bei) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens the explanation, making the reason seem obvious, natural, or resigned.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
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