给我找了个替死鬼
“You found a fall guy to bury in that pit for me.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
活在这个世界上
“Why do you get to strut around like big shots in this world?”
给我找了个替死鬼
“You found a fall guy to bury in that pit for me.”
埋在那个坑里边
“You found a fall guy to bury in that pit for me.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Originating from folklore about drowned spirits needing a replacement soul to reincarnate, this term describes someone sacrificed to save someone else.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
scapegoat; fall guy; person who takes the fatal blame
A vivid colloquial idiom used literally for a murder victim substitute or figuratively for someone taking the blame.
found ... for me
Expresses that someone else procured an entity on the speaker's behalf or to affect them.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“just because he's young?”
“just because he's young?”
“Mr. Han, didn't you say there are many kids in this building? Why'd you pick a weirdo?”
“I was asked to find someone to replace her.”
“I was just a scapegoat.”
“on such a lovely day?”