别让他老拿着报纸看 免得穿帮
“Don't let him keep reading the newspaper, lest we be exposed.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你去陪陪太爷
“Go accompany Master.”
别让他老 拿着 报纸看 免得 穿帮
“Don't let him keep reading the newspaper, lest we be exposed.”
来了 夫人 随便逛啊
“Coming, Madam. Feel free to look around.”
“Stop him from looking so suspiciously fake, or they will figure out we are lying.”
The colloquial theatrical term '穿帮' is frequently used in everyday Chinese to describe any situation where an orchestrated scheme or petty lie is unmasked due to careless details.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
constantly hold/keep holding
Here '老' indicates repetitive or persistent action that draws unwanted attention.
lest; so as to avoid
Used before a negative or undesirable outcome that the speaker wishes to prevent.
be exposed; blow one's cover; reveal the trick
Colloquial term originating from theatrical bloopers, widely used when a disguise, lie, or staged act falls apart.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“And it's a provincial capital newspaper. We don't want to cause you trouble.”
“If you kick them out, the papers and magazines will run wild with speculation!”
“Why would he need these?”
“Zhang, a few newspapers had articles related to hiring quotas.”
“He got the military report, but didn't even bother to review it.”
“We should even invite comrades from Jiangcheng Daily.”