你踅摸（琢磨）请人吃饭 你要上了
“You plan to treat him. If you get the part,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“What's it to you? How is it not my business?”
你 踅摸 （ 琢磨 ） 请人吃饭 你要 上了
“You plan to treat him. If you get the part,”
我们家秦娥不就下了吗
“won't our Qin'e lose it?”
“I see right through your schemes to steal the spotlight through bribery.”
In Chinese performing arts troupes, main roles are strictly limited; one performer's advancement ('shang') directly causes another's demotion ('xia').
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to scheme, ponder, or scout around for something
Dialectal/colloquial verb describing actively seeking out opportunities, often with crafty undertones.
treat people to a meal (to build connections)
Commonly implies wining and dining someone to achieve a transactional or political goal.
Indicates a hypothetical future state resulting from the planned action.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“My brain. - Use your brain! - I'm starving.”
“What's there to think about?”
“to think it over, okay?”
“I was thinking. I think you're hiding something from me.”
“By the way, Dazhu, go look around.”
“We followed the trail and kept uncovering more.”