就当你是被贼人挟持了
“We'll say you were coerced by him.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“I can still put in a word for you.”
就当 你是被 贼人 挟持了
“We'll say you were coerced by him.”
戒备
“Stand ready!”
“Go along with this story so I can protect you from taking the blame.”
In Chinese conflict resolution, providing a plausible pretext allows an erring party to save face and avoid harsh punitive exposure.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
just treat it as; pretend that
Used to propose a hypothetical framing or agreed-upon fiction to resolve an awkward situation.
to hijack; to hold hostage
A formal or dramatic term referring to taking someone captive by force.
Indicates the hypothetical completion of the abduction scenario being proposed.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“because she was deceived by a bad person?”
“because she was deceived by a bad man?”
“were also taken by the kidnappers.”
“[Yo Tzu] But the person you kidnapped is innocent.”
“you had been taken away.”
“You might get snatched.”