阿朝 你这葫芦里到底卖的什么药呀？
“Zhao, what game are you playing, exactly?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
不 本宫只是想告诉你 女子落子 亦能定乾坤
“No. I only want to tell you that a woman's move on board can also decide the fate of the world.”
阿朝 你这葫芦里 到底 卖 的 什么 药呀？
“Zhao, what game are you playing, exactly?”
她们侥幸赢了便罢
“If they win through sheer luck, that is one thing,”
“Quit being so mysterious and tell me what you're really up to.”
Derived from ancient itinerant healers storing secret medicinal powders inside gourds, this idiom represents an entrenched cultural trope for hiding one's real agenda.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
what trick someone has up their sleeve
An idiomatic expression used to question someone's true, concealed intentions or ulterior motives.
after all / on earth
Used in interrogative sentences to intensify urgency or demand a decisive answer.
Softens the interrogative tone, making the probing inquiry sound familiar rather than aggressively hostile.
