别又是郑德诚的 缓兵之计 忽悠我们
“Hope it isn't another delay tactic to trick us.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你们又打算怎么办
“what do you plan to do?”
别 又是 郑德诚 的 缓兵之计 忽悠 我们
“Hope it isn't another delay tactic to trick us.”
就是啊 别忽悠我们 别又是缓兵之计
“Yeah. Don't try to trick us. Don't be another trick.”
“Do not fall for his promises; he is just stalling until our momentum dies.”
Drawing from traditional military stratagems like 'The Thirty-Six Stratagems', stalling for time to let anger cool down is a common negotiation and conflict management maneuver in Chinese contexts.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
delaying tactic / stalling maneuver
A classical idiom derived from military strategy, widely used in modern everyday speech to describe buying time through deception.
to hoodwink / fool / dupe
A popular Northern vernacular verb now ubiquitous in informal Chinese for sweet-talking or scamming someone.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“We've all been deceived by Zheng Decheng. That can't be.”
“Zheng Decheng's got some nerve.”
“All I can say is Zheng Decheng is formidable. He went straight to Mr. Zhang of the Provincial Committee.”
“Your name, Zheng Decheng, is on it. Take a look for yourself!”
“As for Zheng Decheng, I experienced him firsthand recently.”
“This is Zheng Decheng. Is everyone safe?”