替罪羊(tìzuìyáng) scapegoat; fall guy

Usage:

“替罪羊”是指代人受过，替人受罪的人。
“替罪羊”refers to a scapegoat or a fall guy.
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Sentences:

1、Tā shǎsha de gěi rén dāng le tìzuìyáng，hái péi shàng le zìjǐ de gōngzuò.
他傻傻地给人当了替罪羊，还赔上自己的工作。
He was silly a scapegoat and lost his job.

2、Nǐ búyào cānyù zhè jiàn shì, miǎnde dāng tìzuìyáng.
你不要参与这件事，免得当替罪羊。
You’d better not join in it or you would be a scapegoat.

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