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《The Knockout》 S1·E14 (36:33) HSK 6
nǐ bié ràng rén gěi nǐ dāng qiāng shǐ zhè wǒ hái zhēn bù zài hū

你别让人给你当枪使 这我还真不在乎

“Don't let him use you as a pawn. I don't care about that.”

《The Knockout》 S1·E14
TIMECODE: 36:33 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN tā zhè rén yì zhí liǎng miàn sān dāo

他这人一直两面三刀

“He has always been two-faced.”

nǐ bié ràng rén gěi nǐ dāng qiāng shǐ zhè wǒ hái zhēn bù zài hū CURRENT FOCUS

你别让人 给你 当枪使 这我 还真 不在乎

“Don't let him use you as a pawn. I don't care about that.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN wǒ pà tā tuǒ xié shōu le bié rén de qián ràng mù jī zhèng rén gǎi le kǒu

我怕他妥协 收了别人的钱 让目击证人改了口

“I'm afraid he'll compromise and take money to make the witnesses change their statements.”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: WARNING AND DISMISSAL
Tone: NONCHALANT
Emotion: INDIFFERENCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I know what I am doing, and I don't care if someone tries to use me as long as I get results.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Pragmatic Machiavellianism (当枪使)

In Chinese social and political conflicts, being 'used as a gun' implies acting as an unwitting pawn in another faction's power struggle.

INTENT TAGS: #warning #brushing_off #defiance #dismissal
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
当枪使 SPOKEN CHUNK

to be used as a cat's paw / used as a tool by someone else

A very common colloquial idiom used to warn someone that they are being manipulated to do someone else's dirty work.

不在乎 SPOKEN CHUNK

not care / not mind

Used to express lack of concern or indifference toward a warning or consequence.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

4 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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