装疯卖傻 负隅顽抗
“Playing dumb, digging in his heels.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我现在要回家
“I want to go home now.”
装疯卖傻 负隅顽抗
“Playing dumb, digging in his heels.”
这龟儿子肚子里绝对还藏着货 既然吴正雄咬了他
“He's definitely still hiding something. Since Wu Zhengxiong has pointed to him,”
“Don't fall for his crazy act; he's completely aware and stubbornly refusing to talk.”
Even in rough spoken Chinese, speakers frequently string together vivid four-character idioms (Chengyu) to deliver forceful, morally charged judgments.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to play the fool / to pretend to be crazy
An idiom used to criticize someone who pretends ignorance or incompetence to evade responsibility.
to make a stubborn stand / to resist tenaciously
A formal four-character idiom frequently used in crime and military contexts to describe cornered foes who refuse to surrender.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You were just being silly.”
“Playing dumb? Pretending not to see me?”
“yet you still pretended to be crazy and fooled around just to survive.”
“playing the fool all along.”
“Seriously pissed off.”
“You're crazy!”