理由倒是冠冕堂皇
“What a pretentious excuse.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
不会拆穿他们的
“so they won't expose them.”
理由 倒是 冠冕堂皇
“What a pretentious excuse.”
既然这样
“If that was the case,”
“Their excuse sounds noble, but it is just a hypocritical cover-up.”
Chinese interpersonal rhetoric places high value on discerning true character beneath polished, righteous masks, frequently using idioms like 'guan mian tang huang' to critique hypocrisy.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
high-sounding; dignified in appearance but hypocritical
A set idiom (chengyu) used critically to describe rhetoric, motives, or appearances that pretend to be honorable.
the excuse, on the other hand, is...
Used with '倒是' to concede a surface truth while preparing to undercut it with doubt or criticism.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“That makes sense.”
“Don't use those high-sounding excuses.”
“to spare us all these fancy excuses.”
“true purpose and reason for going to the hospital.”
“He spoke such high-sounding words of admiring Yushu's talent”
“it wasn't the place to reason with him.”