你可知他这么做的目的 借刀杀人
“do you know his purpose? To use others to do his dirty work,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
不许我们过问地方的行政 云魁兄
“and we are not allowed to interfere in local administration. Yunkui,”
你 可知 他 这么做 的目的 借刀杀人
“do you know his purpose? To use others to do his dirty work,”
让共产党在对敌斗争中 不断消耗自己的力量
“let the Communist Party constantly consume its own strength in the struggle against the enemy.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Classic military idioms like 'killing with a borrowed knife' are deeply embedded in everyday Chinese to analyze office politics, business rivalries, and interpersonal schemes.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
do you realize / do you know
A slightly literary or dramatic way to ask 'do you know', used to introduce a serious revelation.
to kill with a borrowed knife / to use a third party to eliminate an enemy
One of the classic 'Thirty-Six Stratagems', widely used in modern Chinese to describe manipulating someone else to do one's dirty work.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“and try to get Wei Yan to do the dirty work for us again?”
“Do you know that murder is a capital offense?”
“You only killed when you had no choice.”
“why you tried to murder him?”
“I would never mistake blade wounds.”
“[Qin Yuze's memorial service] You murderer!”