装神弄鬼这一遭 我都饿了
“After all that mystic act, I'm starving now.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
是帮那蒋廷威解围 否则他今日恐怕会吃点苦头
“I was getting Jiang Tingwei out of it. Otherwise, today, he would've had a rough time.”
装神弄鬼 这一遭 我都 饿了
“After all that mystic act, I'm starving now.”
太史丞方才 为何不收下孙八坊那笔钱？
“Earlier, why didn't you take Sun "Eight Wards"'s money?”
“That charade took a lot out of me; let's put it behind us and take a break.”
In Chinese social interaction, mentioning hunger or suggesting a meal is the most common pragmatic way to dissolve professional tension and return to camaraderie.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
playing the devil / putting on a theatrical charade / trickery
Idiom referring to making up superstitions, acting mysterious, or deceitfully playing a trick.
this particular round / this whole ordeal
Used colloquially as a verbal measure phrase to denote experiencing an unusual episode or trip.
Marks the new state of feeling hungry as a result of the exertion.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“kind of considerate, aren't they— putting on all this ghostly showmanship.”
“Silly tricks. Go have fun somewhere else.”
“Trying to scare me and taking advantage of me.”
“[man] He's playing mysterious.”
“Enough tricks.”
“Someone's playing tricks.”