他被人骗了钱
“He got scammed and can't repay the money.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
是我那小兄弟孟 孟广才
“It's my buddy Meng Guangcai.”
他 被人骗了 钱
“He got scammed and can't repay the money.”
他还不上
“He got scammed and can't repay the money.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In spoken Chinese, the '被' (bei) passive voice overwhelmingly carries a negative connotation, signaling victimhood or hardship.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
was tricked / got scammed by someone
A passive construction with '被' denoting an unfortunate or adverse event happening to the subject.
scammed out of money
A standard verb-object collocation indicating financial fraud or theft by deception.
Marks the completion of the unfortunate action of being defrauded.
