你们在这儿装神弄鬼
“If you're trying to play tricks,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“I am Zhang Salty, a commissioner of the Nanyang Maritime Supervisory Office.”
你们 在这 儿 装神弄鬼
“If you're trying to play tricks,”
我要把你们全部查办 三分钟之内 如果你们投降
“I will bring all of you to justice! Surrender within 3 minutes, and only the ringleader”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese narrative conventions, authorities or rational protagonists frequently call out antagonists for manufacturing ghost scares to hide illicit activities.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to play ghostly tricks or practice mystification to mislead people
A vivid 4-character idiom used to call out deceitful, secretive, or spooky behavior meant to intimidate or deceive.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Stop being mysterious.”
“[man] He's playing mysterious.”
“Tell me. What mess? Still playing dumb?”