如此揣度我的心思 怕不是心里有鬼
“That's a little too thoughtful. I'm afraid he has something to hide.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
不可将不喜之人排在你左近
“no one you dislike will be seated near you.”
如此揣度我的 心思 怕不是 心里有鬼
“That's a little too thoughtful. I'm afraid he has something to hide.”
听说你查到了盐运贪腐
“I heard you're looking into the corruption in salt transport.”
“You are only trying so hard to read my mind because you have something to hide yourself.”
In Chinese culture, hidden guilt or sinister motives are metaphorically described as having a 'ghost in one's heart', implying that unspoken secrets haunt a person's behavior.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to conjecture; to try to figure out someone's thoughts
A literary verb often used in formal contexts when talking about guessing a superior's or rival's intentions.
I'm afraid it's; could it be that; probably
Used to introduce a slightly sarcastic or suspicious guess about someone's motives or situation.
to have a guilty conscience; to have ulterior motives
A very common idiom in both modern and period speech to describe someone acting suspiciously because they did something wrong.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You think you can hide things from me?”
“Why are you so good at reading people and influencing them?”
“Never try to guess what a woman is thinking. Seriously.”
“While my strategies are nothing but political maneuvering.”
“I understand how you feel.”
“their own thoughts.”