她偏要挖个坑糊弄
“but she insists on digging a pit just to get by.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
天老爷让她给漂亮哥哥买棺材
“The Heavens told her to buy a coffin for that handsome brother,”
她 偏要 挖个坑 糊弄
“but she insists on digging a pit just to get by.”
我哪儿糊弄了
“I'm not just "getting by."”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
The term 'hulong' captures the everyday Chinese critique of performing duties superficially to deceive onlookers rather than doing genuine work.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
insist on doing something contrary to expectation or advice
Use when emphasizing someone's stubborn or deliberate action against common sense or orders.
to fool someone; to do something perfunctorily
A very common colloquial Northern Chinese term for doing shoddy work just to get by.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I need to dig this pit a bit deeper.”
“I need to dig the pit deeper.”
“(Who knows if this is another trap)”
“will he leave us to fill it?”
“Don't screw yourself over and drag us into it.”
“Right properly fucked yourself up the arse.”