你们合起伙来耍我
“You teamed up to trick me?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
但感谢盛老板今日忍痛割爱 告辞
“But thank you, Mr. Sheng, for transferring your treasured property to us today. Farewell.”
你们 合起伙来 耍我
“You teamed up to trick me?”
祯掌事 戚东家 正好想去找你呢 今日是个吉日
“Manager Zhen. Master Qi, I was just about to go find you. Today is an auspicious day.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Being deceived single-handedly is embarrassing, but discovering that rivals colluded ('合伙') represents a catastrophic loss of face (Mianzi) and merchant standing.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
gang up / band together / collude
Used when multiple people unite, usually with negative connotations of conspiring against one person.
play me / make a fool of me
A very common colloquial expression when expressing outrage at being deceived or treated as a pawn.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Now the two of you are just lying to me together.”
“Fine, fine. You're all ganging up on me, aren't you?”
“They must be working together to fool you.”
“They'll gang up against you.”
“Are they saying I colluded with Hejing and deliberately caused our company”