《The Imperial Coroner》 S2·E17 (14:56)
HSK 4
shí yǒu bā jiǔ shì xiǎng lā wǒ xià shuǐ
十有八九是想拉我下水
“is very likely trying to drag me down.”
《The Imperial Coroner》
S2·E17
TIMECODE: 14:56
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1080P MASTER AUDIO
THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
zuò jú zhī rén
做局之人
“Whoever set this up”
shí yǒu bā jiǔ shì xiǎng lā wǒ xià shuǐ
CURRENT FOCUS
十有八九 是想 拉我下水
“is very likely trying to drag me down.”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
yī jiān chán fáng
一间禅房
“One meditation room, you and I alive,”
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Scene:
Crisis & Conflict
Function:
SPECULATING
Tone:
ANALYTICAL
Emotion:
VIGILANCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Someone is trying to set me up so I take the fall with them.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Dragging Into Water (Scapegoating)
The Chinese metaphor 'pulling someone into the water' represents spreading blame or involving others in corrupt schemes to minimize one's own legal or moral culpability.
INTENT TAGS:
#speculation
#warning
#strategic_assessment
#defensiveness
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2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
十有八九
SPOKEN CHUNK
nine times out of ten; most likely
A very frequent idiomatic phrase used to express a strong likelihood or near certainty.
拉我下水
SPOKEN CHUNK
to drag me into the water; to implicate me or drag me into trouble
A colloquial metaphor used when someone tries to embroil an innocent party in wrongdoing or scandal.
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3 EXPR · 2 GRAMMAR
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