宋青松让我去顶罪
“Song Qingsong wants me to turn myself in.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
警察盯上梦梦的事了
“The police are after Mengmeng.”
宋青松让 我去 顶罪
“Song Qingsong wants me to turn myself in.”
那你要是进去了
“So, if you turn yourself in and they interrogate you,”
“I am being pressured to go to prison for someone else, and I don't know what to do.”
In Chinese crime dramas and social commentary, powerful individuals often coerce or financially compensate subordinates or vulnerable associates into confessing to crimes they did not commit.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to take the blame; to be a scapegoat for someone's crime
A common legal and colloquial term used when one person serves a prison sentence or admits guilt on behalf of the actual perpetrator.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I've figured out what to do about him.”
“If any words Song Qingsong said were true,”
“I don't know anything now. Go ask Song Qingsong. I don't know anything. Ask Song Qingsong.”
“Trying to deal with someone like Song Qingsong, you are still too green.”
“We're not sure that Song Qingsong is a bad guy, right?”
“Even if Song Qingsong hired Wolfie, the murder didn't happen.”