如果这么做的话 正中他们的下怀呀
“If I did that, that's exactly what they want.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“so we can ask them to let me off the hook.”
如果这么做的话 正中他们的下怀呀
“If I did that, that's exactly what they want.”
在这关键的时刻 让他们赢得了先机
“At this critical moment, we give them a head start.”
“Do not be naive; giving in gives them the exact victory they were angling for.”
Chinese interpersonal strategy strongly warns against hasty compromises that might align with the opponent's hidden agenda (下怀).
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
if we do it this way / if that is the case
A standard conditional phrase in spoken Chinese used to introduce potential consequences of an action.
play right into their hands / fulfill their exact wishes
A literary idiom used frequently in spoken Chinese to describe accidentally falling into an opponent's trap.
Softens the urgent warning while simultaneously stressing the speaker's emotional alarm and conviction.
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“it will play right into their hands.”
“you'll fall right into their traps.”
“What you are doing now makes me bear a heavy psychological burden.”
“Judging by your look, it's in the bag.”
“would resort to such cruel tricks”
“Actually, this played right into His Majesty's hands.”