你故意找一个替死鬼
“just because he's young?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你是不是看我们家何向永年轻
“Are you using him as a scapegoat”
你故意找一个替死鬼
“just because he's young?”
何爸
“Mr. He,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Chinese elders instinctively step in to confront outsiders whenever younger, inexperienced family members are perceived to be exploited or manipulated.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
scapegoat / fall guy
A highly colloquial, pungent idiom referring to someone unfairly made to take the blame or suffer in another's place.
deliberately / on purpose
Placed directly before a verb to emphasize intentionality or malicious design.