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《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E16 (21:21) HSK 7
shǐ pén zi kòu zài tā tóu shàng

屎盆子扣在他头上

“Pinning the blame on him”

《Pursuit of Jade》 S1·E16
TIMECODE: 21:21 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN duì ya

对呀

“That's right.”

shǐ pén zi kòu zài tā tóu shàng CURRENT FOCUS

屎盆子 扣在他头上

“Pinning the blame on him”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN dǎo shì gè zuì hǎo de bèi guō de

“makes him the perfect scapegoat.”

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Scene: Crisis & Conflict
Function: SHIFTING BLAME
Tone: SCHEMING
Emotion: CONTEMPT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Scapegoating Idiom (扣屎盆子与背锅)

Metaphorical folk expressions like 'dumping the chamber pot' and 'carrying the black pot' vividly describe the social art of finding a patsy to absorb scandal.

INTENT TAGS: #framing #scheming #scapegoating #deflection
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
扣屎盆子 SPOKEN CHUNK

to unfairly frame someone / dump blame onto somebody

A vivid and very common idiom used when someone is scapegoated or smeared unfairly.

在...头上 SPOKEN CHUNK

upon someone / onto one's head

Used idiomatically with verbs of imposition like 扣 (pin on) or 算 (attribute to).

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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