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She Trades the Truth for Five Planes

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Mulan frames Qingyi with a bloody wedding dress, then kneels on the ship to trade her three-year-old secret for the planes his brother's aviation school needs. HSK 3 Chinese listening practice.

This is an HSK 3-4 Chinese listening episode that runs about 6 minutes. The full Mandarin script is shown with tap-for-pinyin and a line-by-line English translation, so you can listen and read at once — comprehensible input in the sense of Stephen Krashen's i+1 theory. It teaches 10 key vocabulary words such as 调查、保护、发现 and walks through 3 grammar patterns, each explained in English with examples. The same news story is retold at 4 difficulty levels — use the level selector above to find the version that is challenging but still understandable for you.

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旁白

失踪以后所有人的目光落在身上
昨天祠堂威胁带走管家
现在那件独一无二出现上面全是

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找到

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你有证据

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找到失踪线索仆人见了离开以后发现

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看来查得很快

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你想大家相信死了还想他们相信

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当众付出代价只是那句变成真的

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真的

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真的活着

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活人栽赃

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也把管家变成指认我的工具我们方法没有多大区别

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管家已经奉安

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不去也不会多嘴

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承认动手

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干净也不

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到底多少

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告诉就是他们还是

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我的嫌疑保护你的身份

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说出秘密别人觉得你在自己凶手
这个圈套我们干净

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以前的话没有一句真的

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你想学会别拿证人

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突然停止交易原来答应五架飞机留在船上

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明天就是开学仪式他们今天改变主意

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有人明天开学飞机就是天大笑话

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飞机主人我的旧友救过他的早就答应飞机交给

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准备怎么

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原来安排五架飞机送给

清渝

别再你的婚事在一起

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大家我的婚事自己

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追问飞机笑了抓住她的把柄

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五架飞机必须按时

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着急开学仪式上有什么

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我是未婚妻为了拼了命我能不急

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只是一个理由一个理由参加开学仪式

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调查

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平安回来管家消失说明从来没破坏婚事
需要婚姻需要五架飞机

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你想飞机筹码

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自己说的控制就得捏住她的

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你的条件什么

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船上我们慢慢

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五架飞机可以高于市场价格

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不够可以提出别的条件

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跪下

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可以

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为了尊严不要

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人命那儿我是未婚妻

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说得这么真诚差点相信

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我有别的打算飞机我是需要

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手里希望继续结婚
我的时候现在可怜

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没有你要可以你要现在

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三年只想真的为什么一点也不痛快

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因为你要从来不是跪下

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想要什么

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你想知道三年为什么突然离开也想知道死亡真相

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愿意

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飞机我把三年发生全部告诉

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真相拿来交换

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哥哥飞机拿来报复我们都在手里筹码

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那些飞机本来就是送给哥哥礼物

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所以我来为了低头

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一刻三年跪下心里并不起来

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已经得到答案

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没有愿意还是不肯白白一句

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代价

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那就飞机真相我也不

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五架飞机一架不少

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飞机上空飞过最后停在准备好的空地
没有接受交换原来安排礼物送给哥哥

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找过

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愿意跪下愿意三年真相交换

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一直现在终于到了

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没有为了自己计划低头为了说真话

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还是飞机

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不能成为我们报复对方筹码

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你们

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一个没有条件答案我也一次威胁追问

旁白

那边飞机到了告诉同伴盯紧

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飞机到了明天计划继续都不能自己行动

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得到开始交换停在危险地方真相已经说成条件没有真正出口
English transcript reference

After Huo Minxian disappeared, everyone's eyes fell on Qingyi.

Just yesterday he threatened her in the ancestral hall, and he took away the Huo family's steward Li.

Now, Huo Minxian's one-of-a-kind wedding dress has turned up, covered in blood.

This wedding dress, you had someone find it.

Do you have proof?

The Huo servant who found the clue to her disappearance came to see you first. The dress was only discovered after she left.

It seems you investigate quickly.

You want everyone to believe Huo Minxian is dead, and to believe I killed her.

You said in front of everyone she'd pay the price. I just turned your angry words into reality.

Is the blood real?

The blood is real; she's still alive.

You're using a living person to frame me.

And you turned steward Li into a tool to point the finger at me. Our methods aren't so different.

Where is steward Li? I already sent him back to Feng'an.

He can't go back now, and he won't say another word.

You admit you did something to him?

His hands weren't clean, and his mouth wasn't tight.

Ren Susu, just how much more are you hiding?

Go tell the Huo family that I am Ren Susu. Let them investigate — see whether they investigate me, or you.

You use my suspicion to protect your identity.

If you reveal the secret, people will think you're just looking for someone to pin the murder on.

In this trap, none of us walks away clean.

Then what about the things you said before? Was a single word of it true?

If you want to hear the truth, first learn not to pressure me with witnesses.

The Huo family's supplier suddenly stopped the deal. The five planes promised to the flight school are all being held on the ship.

Tomorrow is the opening ceremony. They change their minds only today?

Someone intercepted the shipment. Opening the school tomorrow with no planes would be a huge joke.

The planes' owner is an old friend of mine. I saved his life, and he agreed long ago to hand the planes over to me.

What do you plan to do?

Follow the original arrangement and give the five planes to the flight school.

Stop tying your marriage, the Huo family, and the flight school together.

The flight school is everyone's concern. My marriage is my own affair.

Mulan grew anxious and pressed him about where the planes were. Qingyi smiled — he had caught her weak spot.

The five planes must reach the flight school on time.

You're even more anxious than Qingyu. What's waiting for you at the opening ceremony?

I'm his fiancée. He risked his life for the flight school. How can I not be anxious?

That's only one reason. The other is that Sun Rongci will attend the opening ceremony.

You're investigating me?

Huo Minxian returned safely, but steward Li vanished — which means you never intended to ruin my marriage to the Huo family.

You need this marriage, and you need those five planes.

You want to use the planes as leverage?

You said it yourself. To control someone, you have to seize their vital point.

What are your conditions?

Come aboard the ship, and we'll talk it over slowly.

For the five planes, I can pay above the market price.

Not for sale.

If money isn't enough, you can name another condition.

Kneel and beg me.

All right.

For Qingyu, you'd give up even your dignity?

The flight school is a matter of lives. Qingyu bled for it. I'm his fiancée, I have to help him.

You say it so sincerely I almost believed you.

I have other plans. But the planes, I truly need them. I'm not lying to you.

You hold Huo Minxian in your grip, yet you want me to go on marrying her.

When you were harming me you were ruthless; now that you're begging me, you know how to play pitiful.

I'm not pretending. You want me to kneel, I'll kneel; you want me to beg, I'll beg right now.

I waited three years just to see you concede. Now that you truly concede, why do I feel no satisfaction at all?

Because what you wanted was never for me to kneel.

Then what do I want?

You want to know why I suddenly left three years ago, and you want to know the truth about Huo Mingxi's death.

You're willing to tell me?

Give the planes to Qingyu, and I'll tell you everything that happened three years ago.

You even trade the truth.

And you even use your brother's planes to take revenge on me. We're both playing the chips in our hands.

Those planes were always my gift to my brother.

So you called me here just to watch me bow my head?

I waited three years for this moment. But watching you actually kneel, I don't feel good inside. Get up.

Qingyi, you already have your answer.

No. You're willing to kneel for Qingyu, yet you still won't say one true word to me for free.

The truth comes at a price.

Then go. The planes aren't for sale, and I won't buy the truth either.

Five planes, not one short!

The planes flew over the flight school and finally landed on the prepared open ground.

Qingyi didn't accept Mulan's trade, but he still gave the gift to his brother as originally arranged.

Mulan came to see you?

She was willing to kneel, and willing to trade the truth of three years ago.

You always wanted to see her concede. Now you finally have.

I didn't win. Her bowing for her own plan, and telling me the truth for my sake, are two different things.

But you still delivered the planes.

The flight school can't become a chip we use to take revenge on each other.

Then what about the two of you?

She owes me an answer with no conditions. I owe her a question that doesn't rely on threats.

On Mulan's side, the planes arrived. She told her companions: keep a close eye on Sun Rongci, don't touch the Huo family, don't give yourselves away.

The planes are here, tomorrow's plan continues. No one is to act on their own.

The flight school got its start, but the trade between Qingyi and Mulan stalled at the most dangerous point: the truth has been named as a condition, yet still hasn't truly been spoken.

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What vocabulary does this episode teach?

词汇
diàocháto investigate

HSK 3. Mulan realizes Qingyi has been investigating her.

bǎohùto protect

HSK 3. Mulan protects her identity by redirecting suspicion.

fāxiànto discover

HSK 3. Qingyi discovers how Mulan constructed the trap.

ānpáito arrange

HSK 3. Qingyi asks whether Mulan arranged the bloody clothing.

guānxìrelationship

HSK 3. Their unresolved relationship drives the bargain.

xiányísuspicion

Mulan uses Qingyi's suspicion to shield her own identity.

zāizāngto frame / plant guilt

To make an innocent person look guilty with fake evidence.

chóumǎbargaining chip

The planes become leverage in their negotiation.

quāntàotrap / snare

A scheme neither of them can escape cleanly.

mìngménvital weakness

The critical point by which one can control someone.

* beyond level超纲词

What grammar patterns appear in this episode?

语法

把 + object + verb

Marks the object as something acted upon, showing disposal or result.

你把李管家变成了指认我的工具。

你想拿飞机当筹码?

连……都……

Emphasizes an extreme case with 'even'.

为了清渝,你连尊严都不要了?

只是……

Downplays an action as 'merely' something.

我只是把你那句气话,变成了真的。

Proper Nouns

专有名词
慕容清峄Mùróng QīngyìMurong Qingyi慕容清渝Mùróng QīngyúMurong Qingyu方牧兰Fāng MùlánFang Mulan任素素Rèn SùsùRen Susu霍敏贤Huò MǐnxiánHuo Minxian霍明熙Huò MíngxīHuo Mingxi李管家Lǐ guǎnjiāSteward Li孙荣慈Sūn RóngcíSun Rongci仁星孤儿院Rénxīng gū'éryuànRenxing Orphanage航校hángxiàoaviation school奉安Fèng'ānFeng'an南城NánchéngNancheng

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