你还要拿他当棋子
“but you still want to use him as a pawn?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Xiaochen has suffered so much,”
你 还要 拿 他 当棋子
“but you still want to use him as a pawn?”
“Is it because he's not your biological son?”
“How can you be so heartless as to exploit my son for your own schemes?”
In Chinese family culture, biological ties (亲生) are often perceived as essential for unconditional devotion; treating a stepchild poorly readily triggers deep moral outrage.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
use him as a pawn / treat him as a chess piece
A metaphor used to describe manipulating someone powerlessly for one's own tactical schemes.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“someone is being used as a pawn”
“I'll show him how his trap”
“treated me as a pawn.”
“are nothing more than pawns to be manipulated.”
“are nothing more than pawns to be manipulated.”
“Nor did I treat you as a pawn.”