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《The Truth》 S1·E25 (39:52) HSK 4
tā shì bèi yí gè kè rén gěi lā xià shuǐ de

她是被一个客人给拉下水的

“A customer dragged her into it.”

《The Truth》 S1·E25
TIMECODE: 39:52 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN xī shén me dú hǎi luò yīn

吸什么毒 海洛因

“What drug? Heroin.”

tā shì bèi yí gè kè rén gěi lā xià shuǐ de CURRENT FOCUS

她是被一个客人给 拉下水 的

“A customer dragged her into it.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN tā yǐ wéi wǒ zhī dào hòu huì lí kāi tā

她以为我知道后会离开她

“She thought I'd leave her once I knew.”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: DEFENDING SOMEONE
Tone: PROTECTIVE
Emotion: SORROW
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Don't judge her too harshly—she didn't choose this life on her own.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Situational Victimhood vs. Moral Culpability

In Chinese narrative ethics, distinguishing whether someone fell into vice autonomously or was corrupted by external elements heavily influences moral sympathy.

INTENT TAGS: #exoneration #justification #sympathy #blame_shifting
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
拉下水 SPOKEN CHUNK

to drag into the water; to corrupt or embroil someone in wrongdoing

A highly idiomatic colloquial expression describing dragging an innocent person into illicit activities.

被……给…… SPOKEN CHUNK

passive structure emphasizing an adverse outcome

Adding '给' before the verb in a '被' passive sentence adds colloquial emphasis to an unfortunate event.

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1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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