背地里什么龌龊的勾当都干
“but secretly, he does all kinds of dirty deeds.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我看这儿的人都挺爱戴他的 苏亚表面上特别谦虚
“Everyone here seems to love him. Su Ya seems very humble on the surface,”
背地里 什么 龌龊的勾当 都干
“but secretly, he does all kinds of dirty deeds.”
敛财 杀人
“Extorting money, murdering.”
“Do not let his humble act fool you; he is completely corrupt and evil behind the scenes.”
Chinese culture places strong moral opprobrium on people who maintain a benevolent public image while acting immorally in private, contrasting '表面' with '背地里'.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
behind someone's back / secretly
Colloquial idiom used when describing clandestine or deceptive actions.
dirty dealings / foul deeds
A strong derogatory collocation used to condemn unethical, corrupt, or criminal behavior.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“(and yet doing something so dirty behind the scenes.)”
“To conceal your filthy deeds,”
“Those dirty things you did”
“how could he play dirty tricks on me behind my back?”