以免自己做了什么坏事让人发现
“so that no one would find out if you did something bad.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“you would definitely leave a safe zone for yourself,”
以免 自己做 了 什么 坏事让人 发现
“so that no one would find out if you did something bad.”
所以
“So,”
“You set this up deliberately just in case your shady actions get found out.”
Playing on the traditional concept of 'leaving a way out' (留后路), but twisting it into an accusation of premeditated cover-up.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
so as to prevent / in order to avoid
A practical conjunction used to introduce a negative outcome one wishes to avoid.
to be discovered by others
Passive structure using '让' + agent + verb, common in spoken Chinese when discussing exposure or detection.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“should pay off the debt”
“To avoid being discovered,”
“must take responsibility.”
“you'll do something you regret.”
“and learn to protect yourself.”
“That way, we won't have to play against each other.”