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《The Epoch of Miyu》 S1·E12 (10:21) HSK 7
jiù ràng dǐ céng de fú wù yuán chū lái bēi hēi guō

就让底层的服务员出来背黑锅

“you let the bottom-level attendants take the blame.”

《The Epoch of Miyu》 S1·E12
TIMECODE: 10:21 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN chū le wèn tí

出了问题

“When problems occur,”

jiù ràng dǐ céng de fú wù yuán chū lái bēi hēi guō CURRENT FOCUS

就 让 底层的 服务员 出来 背黑锅

“you let the bottom-level attendants take the blame.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN zhè shì wǔ xīng jí fàn diàn kè fáng bù

这是五星级饭店客房部

“Is this what the HSKP Department of”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: CRITICIZING
Tone: CRITICAL
Emotion: INDIGNATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Management makes the mistakes, but they force powerless staff to take the fall.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Organizational Hierarchy and Blame Shifting

The idiom 'bei heiguo' reflects common workplace dynamics where vulnerable frontline workers lack the power or voice to resist unfair blame assigned by superiors.

INTENT TAGS: #condemning #criticism #scapegoating #expressing_indignation
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
底层的 SPOKEN CHUNK

frontline / grass-roots / bottom-tier

Used to refer to workers or people at the bottom rung of an organization or social hierarchy.

背黑锅 SPOKEN CHUNK

to take the blame / to be the scapegoat

A very common idiomatic phrase meaning to unfairly bear responsibility for someone else's mistake.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
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