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《Fate Chooses You》 S1·E8 (07:37) HSK 4
shuō shì děng dào kāi lú zhī rì

说是等到开炉之日

“It was said that when it started to be forged,”

《Fate Chooses You》 S1·E8
TIMECODE: 07:37 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN fēn fā xià qù

分发下去

“according to each faction's level of contribution.”

shuō shì děng dào kāi lú zhī rì CURRENT FOCUS

说是等到开炉之日

“It was said that when it started to be forged,”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN biàn kě yǐ yǐ pái huàn yào

“those holding a tablet could exchange it for the medicine”

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Scene: Historical & Court
Function: RELAYING INFORMATION
Tone: INFORMATIVE
Emotion: ANTICIPATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Hearsay Attribution (说是)

Starting an explanation with '说是' distances the speaker from the primary announcement, attributing the authority or rumor to a higher or external source.

INTENT TAGS: #reporting #relaying_instructions #anticipation
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
说是 SPOKEN CHUNK

it is said that / word has it that

Used conversationally at the start of a sentence to report hearsay or relay instructions without taking personal responsibility for the claim.

等到 SPOKEN CHUNK

waiting until / by the time that

Standard conjunction marking a temporal threshold before a conditional action takes place.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 5 GRAMMAR
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