守株待兔
“and waited for her to walk into the trap.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
因此狐妖一定想要杀了她的情敌 于是我就假扮新娘
“If that's the case, she must want to kill her rival in love. That's why I posed as the bride”
守株待兔
“and waited for her to walk into the trap.”
没想到
“But instead,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Chinese speakers often invoke classical fables and idioms (Chengyu) in dialogue to concisely characterize strategic actions or psychological plans.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
waiting by the tree stump for hares; to wait passively for an opportunity
A classic four-character idiom (chengyu) often used to describe waiting passively, sometimes critically, but here used literally as an ambush tactic.
