我只不过是个替死鬼
“I was just a scapegoat.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
就是他在查
“he was the one investigating it.”
我 只不过是 个 替死鬼
“I was just a scapegoat.”
那你现在这结局
“Then your current situation”
“Don't put all this on me; I was set up to take the fall for someone else.”
In Chinese organizational hierarchies, lower-ranking employees frequently fear being used to take the blame ('carrying the black pot') for systemic misconduct or higher-up decisions.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
merely; nothing more than
Used to minimize importance or emphasize limitation, often carrying a self-deprecating or dismissive nuance.
scapegoat; fall guy
A vivid idiomatic noun referring to someone sacrificed or punished in place of the true culprit.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You found a fall guy to bury in that pit for me.”
“I'll be your scapegoat.”
“just because he's young?”
“just because he's young?”
“someone will die in my place.”
“who can die in our place.”