The present disclosure relates to a method and a device for playing multimedia. The method may comprise: obtaining at least one of audio data and subtitle data of a first preset time length before a pause position of a multimedia; determining a starting position of a complete semantic statement according to at least one of the audio data and the subtitle data; and continuing to play the multimedia according to the starting position when an instruction of continuing to play the multimedia is detected or a condition of continuing to play the multimedia is met.