让她来当这个替罪羊
“and make her the scapegoat.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Fang Yun can put all the blame on Qian Fei”
让她 来当 这个 替罪羊
“and make her the scapegoat.”
方云真行啊
“Fang Yun is something else.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In corporate settings, maneuvering to find a 'scapegoat' (替罪羊) or shift the blame (甩锅) is a familiar dynamic discussed critically among colleagues.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
scapegoat; fall guy
A loanword concept deeply integrated into spoken Chinese, standard for discussing who unjustly absorbs blame.
act as a scapegoat; take the blame for others
The standard verb collocation used when a person is made to bear wrongful responsibility.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Jinghe was the perfect scapegoat.”
“You want to make him your scapegoat.”
“Now, we can ruin the peaceful negotiation by just shouldering the blame.”