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《The Truth》 S1·E26 (29:22) HSK 6
nǐ men bú yào yǒu shén me shì dōu lài zài wǒ ér zi tóu shàng hǎo ba

你们不要有什么事 都赖在我儿子头上好吧

“Don't falsely blame my son for everything.”

《The Truth》 S1·E26
TIMECODE: 29:22 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN dēng jì yī xià

登记一下

“and get more details.”

nǐ men bú yào yǒu shén me shì dōu lài zài wǒ ér zi tóu shàng hǎo ba CURRENT FOCUS

你们 不要 有什么事 都 赖在 我儿子 头上 好吧

“Don't falsely blame my son for everything.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN liú xiǎo fēng zuì jìn hěn lǎo shí de dà mén bù chū èr mén bù mài

“He has been very well-behaved lately. He never sets foot outside.”

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Scene: Legal & Police
Function: DEFENSIVE PROTEST
Tone: DEFENSIVE
Emotion: FRUSTRATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Stop targeting my son every time there is trouble!”
💡 Cultural Insight: Parental Protection (护犊子)

Chinese parents often demonstrate extreme loyalty and defensiveness toward their children when approached by external authorities, attempting to guard family honor and protect their offspring from legal scrutiny.

INTENT TAGS: #defending #scapegoating #protesting #pleading
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
赖在……头上 SPOKEN CHUNK

to unfairly pin the blame on someone; to scapegoat someone

A common spoken idiom used when someone is being unjustly held responsible for a problem or crime.

好不好 / 好吧 SPOKEN CHUNK

okay? / please, can we agree on this?

Placed at the end of an assertive sentence to add an exasperated plea or enforce compliance rather than asking a genuine question.

Modal Particle「吧」 (ba) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens the aggressive tone into an exasperated, rhetorical plea for reasonableness.

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