别再虚张声势了
“stop putting on a brave front.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
都现在这个时候了
“at a time like this,”
别再 虚张声势 了
“stop putting on a brave front.”
时候也差不多了
“The time has come.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Derived from classical Chinese military strategy, this idiom describes projecting false power to deter an enemy, which loses all efficacy once exposed.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
make an empty show of strength / bluff
A highly frequent four-character idiom (chengyu) used when someone puts up a false front of power.
don't ... anymore / stop doing
Used imperatively to tell someone to cease an ongoing behavior immediately.
Signifies a change of state and reinforces the demand to stop the ongoing action.
