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《The Truth》 S1·E23 (33:21) HSK 7
nín zhè shuō dé shì hǎo tīng a qīn shēng fù mǔ mài diào zì jǐ de hái zi

您这说得是好听啊 亲生父母卖掉自己的孩子

“That's a nice way to put it. Parents selling their own child is still illegal.”

《The Truth》 S1·E23
TIMECODE: 33:21 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN shì sòng rén

是送人

“It was giving him away.”

nín zhè shuō dé shì hǎo tīng a qīn shēng fù mǔ mài diào zì jǐ de hái zi CURRENT FOCUS

您这 说得是好听 啊 亲生父母卖掉 自己的 孩子

“That's a nice way to put it. Parents selling their own child is still illegal.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN yě shì fàn fǎ de

也是犯法的

“Parents selling their own child is still illegal.”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: REFUTING AN EUPHEMISM
Tone: SARCASTIC AND CONFRONTATIONAL
Emotion: DISAPPROVAL
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Don't try to sugarcoat it as 'giving away'—it is illegal child trafficking.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Euphemisms for Child Trafficking

Historically in impoverished rural contexts, illegal child selling was often euphemistically labeled as 'giving away to another family' (送人) to evade moral and legal culpability.

INTENT TAGS: #refutation #confrontation #sarcasm #exposing_hypocrisy
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
说得是好听 SPOKEN CHUNK

making something sound nice; sugarcoating

Used sarcastically to point out that someone is using euphemisms or empty rhetoric to disguise an ugly reality.

亲生父母 SPOKEN CHUNK

biological parents

A standard collocation used to distinguish biological parents from adoptive or foster parents.

Modal Particle「啊」 (a) CHANGE OF STATE

Adds a biting, ironic overtone to highlight the absurdity of the listener's rationalization.

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2 EXPR · 2 GRAMMAR
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