是为你顶罪
“is taking the fall for you?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
杜若
“And Du Ruo”
是 为 你 顶罪
“is taking the fall for you?”
若儿就是水鬼
“I really am the water ghost.”
“Don't pretend to be innocent; someone else suffered the consequences for your misdeeds.”
Taking the blame ('ding zui') creates an overwhelming moral debt (qing) that deeply taints the conscience and reputation of the person shielded.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to take the blame for someone else's crime; to be a scapegoat
Commonly used in legal, crime, and dramatic contexts when one person confesses or is punished for another's offense.
for you / on your behalf
Specifies the beneficiary or beneficiary-by-proxy of an action, often emotionally charged in dramatic conflicts.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“He took the blame for me.”
“to go to jail for them as a scapegoat?”
“You will pay for the mistake you made.”
“You were trying to take the fall for Wang Zhong?”
“he may find someone to take the blame”
“But in fact, you were just looking for a scapegoat.”