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《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E11 (39:23) HSK 7
dìng shì nà zhǎng xìn wáng zài bèi hòu gǎo de guǐ

定是那长信王在背后搞的鬼

“It must be Prince Changxin behind this.”

《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E11
TIMECODE: 39:23 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN gǎn lǚ cì jié yùn guān fǔ yùn liáng

“to repeatedly rob government grain convoys?”

dìng shì nà zhǎng xìn wáng zài bèi hòu gǎo de guǐ CURRENT FOCUS

定是 那长信王在背后 搞的鬼

“It must be Prince Changxin behind this.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wèi xuān zhè ge cǎo bāo

魏宣这个草包

“That fool Wei Xuan”

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Scene: Historical & Court
Function: SPECULATION AND BLAME
Tone: ACCUSATORY
Emotion: INDIGNATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Factional Strife (Dangzheng)

Imperial Chinese history is marked by covert sabotage between rival princes and ministers, where crimes like grain theft were often political chess moves rather than mere banditry.

INTENT TAGS: #accusation #conspiracy #deduction #blame
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
在背后搞鬼 SPOKEN CHUNK

to play dirty tricks behind someone's back

A highly idiomatic derogatory expression used when accusing someone of covert sabotage.

定是 SPOKEN CHUNK

must be; bound to be

A classical, assertive contraction of '必定是' used to declare strong conviction.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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