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《The Heir》 S1·E37 (14:04) HSK 5
dào shí hòu nǐ kě bié lā zhe wǒ dāng diàn bèi ya

到时候你可别拉着我当垫背呀

“Do not drag me down with you when that happens.”

《The Heir》 S1·E37
TIMECODE: 14:04 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nǐ kě jiù sǐ dào lín tóu le

“you'll be as good as dead.”

dào shí hòu nǐ kě bié lā zhe wǒ dāng diàn bèi ya CURRENT FOCUS

到时候 你 可别 拉着我 当垫背 呀

“Do not drag me down with you when that happens.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN zhāng dà gē

张大哥

“Mr. Zhang,”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: WARNING
Tone: CAUTIONARY
Emotion: ANXIETY
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“If you mess up and go down, handle it yourself and leave me out of it.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Self-Preservation in Risky Alliances

In traditional bureaucratic or underworld intrigues, allies frequently remind each other not to implicate them (当垫背) when schemes fall apart.

INTENT TAGS: #warning #self_preservation #distancing #prevention
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
当垫背 SPOKEN CHUNK

to serve as a scapegoat or be dragged down with someone else

A highly common colloquial idiom used when someone fears going down with another person in failure or punishment.

到时候 SPOKEN CHUNK

when the time comes; at that time

A standard temporal marker in spoken Chinese used to project forward to a specific future juncture.

Modal Particle「呀」 (ya) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens the imperative warning while adding an urgent, slightly pleading communicative coloring.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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