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被

bèi
HSK 3

English Meaning

quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example)

Authentic Cinema Dialogue 3 CURATED EVIDENCE CLIPS
我手机被你摔坏了 赔钱
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你到底想干吗

“What do you want?”

“You broke my phone. Pay up.”

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这不好好的吗

“It looks perfectly fine.”

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自己是被自己小舅子给赶走的
HSK 3 00:02
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“How ironic that he was betrayed and driven out by his own brother-in-law.”

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估计这宋青松做梦也没想到

“Song Qingsong never would have thought”

“that his brother-in-law was the one who sabotaged him.”

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只可惜 这姑娘到最后也没跑出来

“Unfortunately, she failed to escape.”

《黑夜告白》 · daily_life
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我这都 我都快逼疯了 我已经被 快被他
HSK 3 00:03
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💡 INTENT:

“I'm literally on the verge of a mental breakdown, you have no idea how much pressure I'm under.”

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全是救援队 全是蓬西·力派 又是什么夏燚的

“rescue teams, Pongsri Leekpa, and Xia Yi.”

“I... I'm almost driven crazy. I've already been... almost driven mad by him.”

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别给我丢脸

“Don't embarrass me.”

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