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《The Tang Mist》 S1·E23 (03:48) HSK 7
sūn mào tān cái

孙貌贪财

“Sun Mao was greedy,”

《The Tang Mist》 S1·E23
TIMECODE: 03:48 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN lái yǎn gài jǐ rén sǐ wáng de zhēn xiàng

“to cover up their murders?”

sūn mào tān cái CURRENT FOCUS

孙貌 贪财

“Sun Mao was greedy,”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN kě shì tā yì zhí bù jìn nǚ sè

“but he never showed any interest in women.”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: PROFILING SUSPECT
Tone: ANALYTICAL
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Motive Analysis in Classical Sleuthing

Traditional Chinese crime narratives often reduce human motives to fundamental vices such as wealth (财) or lust (色) to unravel a suspect's actions.

INTENT TAGS: #profiling #analyzing #deduction #investigation
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
贪财 SPOKEN CHUNK

greedy for money; avaricious

A concise literary and spoken compound used to describe someone driven predominantly by financial greed.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
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