不知道他这次又要耍什么花招
“Who knows what trick he's pulling this time?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“(Meng Guangcai once had me fooled.)”
不知道 他 这次 又要 耍什么花招
“Who knows what trick he's pulling this time?”
“Be on guard; that schemer is definitely cooking up another dirty trick.”
Reflects the common cultural adage 'never intend to harm others, but always stay vigilant against harm from others' (害人之心不可有，防人之心不可无).
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to play tricks; to pull dirty moves
A highly idiomatic derogatory expression used to condemn deceitful or sly behavior.
planning again / about to again
The combination of 又 (again) with 要 (going to) emphasizes recurring nuisance or deception.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Let's see what tricks he can pull.”
“what move will he make?”
“will play tomorrow.”
“What bad idea are you cooking up again?”
“what trouble they might stir up later.”
“Who knows what he's playing at?”
“I wonder if these two are up to something new today.”
“Who knows what he'll do next time?”
“You have no idea how wicked that flower is.”
“I wonder what he is going to do.”
“I didn't even know what he was facing, yet I blamed him.”
“Who knows what his next move will be.”