越是他耍花招的时候
“when he's most likely to pull tricks.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
越是这个时候
“This is exactly”
越是他耍花招的时候
“when he's most likely to pull tricks.”
“Do not trust him for a second; he is plotting something right now.”
Reflects the common tactical mindset in Chinese suspense narratives where apparent calm warrants maximum suspicion.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to play dirty tricks or pull schemes
A common colloquial idiom used to describe dishonest or deceitful maneuvers.
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A correlative structure used to express parallel degree or heightened probability.
Functions nominally with 时候 to emphasize the specific condition under which deceit occurs.