为了做戏 把自己也给折进去
“To sell the act, you got yourself into danger.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
这戏的上半场可还满意
“were you satisfied with the first half?”
为了 做戏 把 自己 也给 折进去
“To sell the act, you got yourself into danger.”
“You really overdid it—look how you dragged yourself down just to make the act convincing.”
In Chinese strategic culture, harming oneself to gain an enemy's trust or make a ruse believable is a known stratagem, but it often invites cynical awe or mockery from observers.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
in order to put on an act or stage a deception
Commonly used in spoken Chinese to describe disingenuous actions aimed at fooling onlookers.
to get entangled, ruined, or sacrificed in the process
A highly colloquial Northern expression used when an endeavor results in unexpected personal loss or entrapment.