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《The Truth》 S1·E23 (31:50) HSK 3
gāng chū shēng bù jiǔ jiù bèi guǎi zi gěi guǎi zǒu le

刚出生不久就被拐子给拐走了

“He was snatched by traffickers soon after he was born.”

《The Truth》 S1·E23
TIMECODE: 31:50 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN jiào níng hǎi yáng duì níng hǎi yáng

叫宁海洋 对 宁海洋

“was Ning Haiyang. Yeah, Ning Haiyang.”

gāng chū shēng bù jiǔ jiù bèi guǎi zi gěi guǎi zǒu le CURRENT FOCUS

刚 出生不久 就 被拐子给拐走了

“He was snatched by traffickers soon after he was born.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN bù jiǔ bèi lín shěng de yī duì fū fù gěi shōu yǎng le

不久被邻省的一对夫妇 给收养了

“A couple from the neighboring province adopted him soon after.”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: REPORTING INFORMATION
Tone: OBJECTIVE
Emotion: SYMPATHY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Child Abduction Sensitivities (Guaimai)

Child abduction ('guaimai') is a severe social issue in China that evokes deep public outrage and sympathy across generations.

INTENT TAGS: #reporting #narrating #informing #explaining
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
拐子 SPOKEN CHUNK

human trafficker / child kidnapper

A colloquial term for a human trafficker or child abductor, commonly used in northern spoken Chinese.

刚出生不久 SPOKEN CHUNK

not long after birth / as a newborn

Useful temporal clause to specify something occurring right after someone's birth.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Indicates completion of the action and realization of a past event.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

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