邓弈这次连表面功夫都不做了
“Deng Yi has abandoned all pretense.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“and General Xie has returned to the frontier. It will not fall into chaos.”
邓弈这次 连 表面功夫 都 不做 了
“Deng Yi has abandoned all pretense.”
定是铁了心地要动边军
“He is determined to undermine the frontier troops.”
“He is dropping the mask entirely, so expect a ruthless fight.”
In Chinese political and interpersonal dynamics, maintaining superficial politeness is standard protocol; abandoning it signals an imminent and total rupture in relations.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
superficial gestures; lip service; mere window dressing
Use this phrase to describe efforts made purely for show to maintain outward appearances without sincere intent.
not even...
A common emphatic construction used to emphasize an extreme case or total absence of an expected action.
Marks a change of state, highlighting that the adversary has now abandoned the previous pretense.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Deng Yi is a man of profound calculation.”
“Will Deng Yi make a move? Are we truly not going to intervene?”
“Deng Yi is in deep trouble himself, crushed by Xie Yanfang.”
“So do you, Deng Yi.”
“Deng Yi? Why are you here?”
“Mu Qingyan can't escape anyway.”