她是被一个客人给拉下水的
“A customer dragged her into it.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
吸什么毒 海洛因
“What drug? Heroin.”
她是被一个客人给 拉下水 的
“A customer dragged her into it.”
她以为我知道后会离开她
“She thought I'd leave her once I knew.”
“Don't judge her too harshly—she didn't choose this life on her own.”
In Chinese narrative ethics, distinguishing whether someone fell into vice autonomously or was corrupted by external elements heavily influences moral sympathy.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
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.
passive structure emphasizing an adverse outcome
Adding '给' before the verb in a '被' passive sentence adds colloquial emphasis to an unfortunate event.