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《The Tang Mist》 S1·E23 (03:50) HSK 3
kě shì tā yì zhí bù jìn nǚ sè

可是他一直不近女色

“but he never showed any interest in women.”

《The Tang Mist》 S1·E23
TIMECODE: 03:50 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN sūn mào tān cái

“Sun Mao was greedy,”

kě shì tā yì zhí bù jìn nǚ sè CURRENT FOCUS

可是 他一直 不近女色

“but he never showed any interest in women.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN tā men jǐ rén jiū jìng shì hé guān xì

“I don't know what his connections”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: POINTING OUT INCONSISTENCY
Tone: PROBING
Emotion: CONFUSION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“It does not make sense for him to be involved in this romantic or sexual scandal given his history.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Character Tropes of Ascetic Virtue

In Chinese storytelling, a male character who does not indulge in women is often portrayed as disciplined, morally upright, or singularly focused on duty.

INTENT TAGS: #inconsistency #profiling #doubt #investigation
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
不近女色 SPOKEN CHUNK

to avoid the company of women; abstain from female charm

A classical idiom commonly used in period dramas to describe an ascetic or disciplined man.

一直 SPOKEN CHUNK

all along; consistently

Used before verbs to indicate that an action or habit has continued without interruption.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 4 GRAMMAR
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