可以腾挪出半年的时间
“we can stall for half a year.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
这样一来二去
“With all this back and forth,”
可以 腾挪出 半年的 时间
“we can stall for half a year.”
您这招叫明修栈道 暗度
“What you did is called taking one path openly”
“By dragging this out back and forth, we successfully buy ourselves six months to execute our real plan.”
Buying time through indirect maneuvering ('tengnuo') is a classic tactic in Chinese strategic culture, valuing patience and indirect preparation over premature confrontation.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to shift around; to free up (funds, space, or time)
Often used in financial or strategic contexts to describe cleverly maneuvering limited resources to create room or time.
half a year's time; six months
A natural way to express a six-month duration in spoken Chinese.