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《Cage of Shadows》 S1·E15 (13:09) HSK 7
sù bù xiāng shí

素不相识

“Never met before?”

《Cage of Shadows》 S1·E15
TIMECODE: 13:09 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN kě wǒ yǔ nǐ sù bù xiāng shí

“But we have never met before.”

sù bù xiāng shí CURRENT FOCUS

素不相识

“Never met before?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN rú guǒ bú shì nǐ

如果不是你

“If it weren't for you,”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: DENYING ASSOCIATION
Tone: FIRM
Emotion: DEFENSIVENESS
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“We don't even know each other, so leave me out of this.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Guanxi Boundaries

Explicitly noting that parties are strangers ('素不相识') legally and socially delineates accountability, signaling an absence of mutual obligations or hidden motives.

INTENT TAGS: #denial #distancing #defense #clarification
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
素不相识 SPOKEN CHUNK

to be total strangers who have never met before

A common four-character idiom useful for firmly establishing that two parties have no prior relationship or acquaintance.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 2 GRAMMAR
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