是他逼我的
“He forced me!”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
真的是你
“So it really was you.”
是他逼我的
“He forced me!”
我当年犯了什么 不可饶恕的大错吗 没有
“Did I make some unforgivable mistake back then? No!”
“Don't blame me, I had no choice!”
Claiming coercion ('被逼') is a primary pragmatic self-preservation tactic when caught doing wrong in Chinese legal and interpersonal contexts.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
forced me / coerced me
Used in the '是...的' focal construction to emphasize that someone else applied intolerable pressure.
Completes the '是...的' emphasis construction, highlighting the agent of coercion.