Hostage Negotiations: Hostage: The TV Remote

💬 [器] often shows up at the end of device names: [手机] is a phone, [计算器] is a calculator, [遥控器] is a remote control. It means a tool or device more than a standalone everyday word meaning [device].

💬 A lot of object names are built from what they do plus [器] for the device: [遥控] is remote control, so [遥控器] is the thing you use to do it. The same pattern shows up in words like [计算器] for calculator.

💬 [放下] is a direction-style combo: [放] is put, [下] adds the idea of down. You can reuse this pattern with other verbs too, like [坐下] 'sit down' or [写下] 'write down'.

💬 [没] is the usual way to say something did not happen in the past: [没听到] 'didn't hear', [没看到] 'didn't see'. For actions, don't swap in [不] here unless you mean a general 'don't' or 'won't' idea instead.

💬 [剧透] is both the noun 'spoiler' and the verb 'to spoil': [别剧透] means 'don't spoil it.' A lot of modern Chinese internety words work this way without changing form.

💬 [不] before a falling-tone word is pronounced (bú), so [不行] is said (bú xíng), not (bù xíng). Here [不行] often means 'not okay' or 'no way,' not just 'can't walk' or anything literal with [行].