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《The Inner Eye》 S1·E2 (04:44) HSK 5
wèi zì jǐ de xíng wéi mǎi dān de

为自己的行为买单的

“what they've done.”

《The Inner Eye》 S1·E2
TIMECODE: 04:44 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN měi gè rén dōu yào

每个人都要

“have to take responsibility for”

wèi zì jǐ de xíng wéi mǎi dān de CURRENT FOCUS

为自己的行为买单 的

“what they've done.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN rèn zǒng

任总

“Ms. Ren,”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: DEMANDING ACCOUNTABILITY
Tone: ASSERTIVE
Emotion: DETERMINATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“You made this mess, and you have to face the fallout yourself.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Challenging Authority (敢于直言)

Directly reminding a senior executive ('Ren Zong') about personal accountability violates traditional deference to hierarchy, signifying high stakes or strong moral conviction.

INTENT TAGS: #accountability #moral_stand #assertiveness #confrontation
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
买单 SPOKEN CHUNK

to foot the bill; to face the consequences / take responsibility

Literally meaning to pay the bill at a restaurant, it is widely used metaphorically for taking responsibility or bearing the fallout of a mistake.

为自己的行为买单 SPOKEN CHUNK

to pay for one's own actions; to bear personal accountability

A strong, idiomatic phrase used to hold someone responsible for an ethical breach or costly error.

Modal Particle「的」 (de) CHANGE OF STATE

Functions in the 'shi...de' construction to reinforce conviction and certainty about an inevitable principle.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

EXPLORE BY SEMANTIC SIMILARITY
要为自己的行为负责
《女神蒙上眼》
95% Match
要为自己的行为负责
yào wèi zì jǐ de xíng wéi fù zé

“must take responsibility.”

总要为自己的行为负责
《女神蒙上眼》
95% Match
总要为自己的行为负责
zǒng yào wèi zì jǐ de xíng wéi fù zé

“must take responsibility.”

得对自己的行为负责任
《开庭》
92% Match
得对自己的行为负责任
dé duì zì jǐ de xíng wéi fù zé rèn

“They have to answer for their own actions.”

自己的行为付出代价
《女神蒙上眼》
90% Match
自己的行为付出代价
zì jǐ de xíng wéi fù chū dài jià

“for what they do.”

都会因为自己的所作所为而受到惩罚
《悬案》
88% Match
都会因为自己的所作所为而受到惩罚
dū huì yīn wèi zì jǐ de suǒ zuò suǒ wéi ér shòu dào chéng fá

“whatever they did always catches up with them.”

都要为自己的所作所为
《女神蒙上眼》
88% Match
都要为自己的所作所为
dōu yào wèi zì jǐ de suǒ zuò suǒ wéi

“should pay off the debt”

作为一个成年人 就要为自己的行为负责
《小城大事》
88% Match
作为一个成年人 就要为自己的行为负责
zuò wéi yí gè chéng nián rén jiù yào wèi zì jǐ de xíng wéi fù zé

“As an adult, take responsibility for your actions.”

你的所作所为
《樊笼》
88% Match
你的所作所为
nǐ de suǒ zuò suǒ wéi

“Every single thing you did”

为自己的所作所为买单
《迷墙》
88% Match
为自己的所作所为买单
wèi zì jǐ de suǒ zuò suǒ wéi mǎi dān

“for his own actions.”

完全可以为自己的言行负责
《危险关系》
85% Match
完全可以为自己的言行负责
wán quán kě yǐ wèi zì jǐ de yán xíng fù zé

“completely capable of taking responsibility for his actions.”

《The Inner Eye》 S1·E2 (04:44) · Authentic Cinema Dialogue Corpus