MC
MandarinClips Cinema Corpus
《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E29 (08:38) HSK 5
yě yǒu rén tì wǒ qù sǐ

也有人替我去死

“someone will die in my place.”

《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E29
TIMECODE: 08:38 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN jiù suàn huì sǐ

“even if I die,”

yě yǒu rén tì wǒ qù sǐ CURRENT FOCUS

也有 人 替我 去死

“someone will die in my place.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN shén me yì si

什么意思

“What do you mean?”

Subtitles synced to millisecond timecode Browse Show Clips →
Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: REVEALING A THREAT
Tone: CHILLING
Emotion: DEFIANCE
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You think you can take me down, but I have already arranged for a disposable pawn to take the fall.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Scapegoats and Decoys (Tishen)

In high-stakes narratives, power figures often employ body doubles or sacrificial pawns ('ti-si-gui') to absorb assassination attempts and guarantee survival.

INTENT TAGS: #defiance #intimidation #provocation #ruthlessness
🧩

LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

1 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
替我去死 SPOKEN CHUNK

die in my place; take the fall for me

A strong, dramatic expression meaning to sacrifice oneself or serve as a fatal decoy for another.

🏮

VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

EXPLORE BY SEMANTIC SIMILARITY
《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E29 (08:38) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus