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《The Tang Mist》 S1·E23 (20:38) HSK 7
zǎo jiù dòng le wāi xīn sī

早就动了歪心思

“for a long time.”

《The Tang Mist》 S1·E23
TIMECODE: 20:38 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN tā duì bái zhǐ

他对白芷

“He's had his eyes on Bai Zhi”

zǎo jiù dòng le wāi xīn sī CURRENT FOCUS

早就 动了歪心思

“for a long time.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN tā bù jǐn qiǎng le bái zhǐ de hé bāo

“Not only did he snatch her pouch,”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: IDENTIFYING ILLICIT MOTIVES
Tone: CONDEMNATORY
Emotion: DISGUST
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“He had bad intentions from the start; this was no spur-of-the-moment act.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Moral Judgment in Chinese Legal Reasoning

Traditional Chinese narrative and judicial traditions heavily emphasize moral character (心术) when interpreting the culpability of a suspect.

INTENT TAGS: #accusing #motive_analysis #condemnation #character_judgment
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
动了歪心思 SPOKEN CHUNK

to harbor malicious, crooked, or indecent thoughts

A frequent idiomatic colloquial phrase used to describe someone starting to plot an underhanded, greedy, or morally improper scheme.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 6 GRAMMAR
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