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《The Truth》 S1·E23 (10:10) HSK 6
xiàng wǒ zhè yàng jiē shòu guò gǎi zào de chóng xīn zuò rén de

像我这样接受过改造的 重新做人的

“For reformed people like me, trying to restart our lives,”

《The Truth》 S1·E23
TIMECODE: 10:10 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN zuó tiān hái bǎ pài chū suǒ de rén gěi zhāo lái le

“We even called the local police yesterday.”

xiàng wǒ zhè yàng jiē shòu guò gǎi zào de chóng xīn zuò rén de CURRENT FOCUS

像我这样 接受过改造 的 重新做人 的

“For reformed people like me, trying to restart our lives,”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN zhèng fǔ píng shí dīng bù zhèng fǔ píng shí yě bǐ jiào guān zhào wǒ men

政府平时盯 不 政府平时也比较关照我们

“the government keeps watch... No. I mean, the government cares about us.”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: SELF DEFENSE
Tone: JUSTIFYING AND CAUTIOUS
Emotion: DEFENSIVENESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I served my time and turned over a new leaf, so don't assume I am guilty just because the police came.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Reform and Surveillance (劳改与社区矫正)

Ex-convicts in China are managed closely by local police stations and community committees, carrying both institutional supervision and societal stigma.

INTENT TAGS: #self_justification #rehabilitation #defensiveness #clarification
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
接受过改造 SPOKEN CHUNK

having undergone rehabilitation or reform (in prison)

A formal, institutional term in mainland China describing convicts who have served their sentences and completed labor reform.

重新做人 SPOKEN CHUNK

to start a new life; to turn over a new leaf

A fixed moral idiom often applied to rehabilitated offenders aiming to reintegrate into regular society.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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