他那叫 欲擒故纵
“What he is doing is playing hard to get.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“I think he is not someone who gives up easily.”
他 那叫 欲擒故纵
“What he is doing is playing hard to get.”
“Otherwise, we could follow that lawyer's suggestion”
“Don't be fooled by his withdrawal; it's a trap to make us drop our guard.”
Chinese speakers often invoke classical military stratagems like 'Yu Qin Gu Zong' to decipher interpersonal negotiations, viewing apparent retreats as hidden calculations.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
playing hard to get; deliberately easing pressure to catch someone off guard
A classical idiom derived from military strategy, frequently used in daily life to describe romantic tactics or psychological negotiations.
what he's doing is called...
A spoken formula used to categorically label or redefine another person's actions.
