盘算得真够周全的
“That's quite thorough planning.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
上下班都走地下
“and always used the underground access.”
盘算得真够周全 的
“That's quite thorough planning.”
“We thought the plan was solid too.”
“You really thought through every sleazy detail, didn't you?”
Using words of praise like '周全' (comprehensive) to describe someone's secretive schemes is a classic Chinese rhetorical device to expose malicious scheming.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to scheme; to calculate; to plan
Often carries a negative or suspicious connotation implying calculating self-interest.
really quite...; sure is...
A spoken colloquial framing commonly used to add sarcastic emphasis to an evaluation.
Functions in '真够...的' construction to assert an emphatic qualitative assessment.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Excellent. That's very thorough.”
“Their calculation formulas are actually quite reasonable.”
“had schemed far too meticulously.”
“(seems perfectly calculated.)”
“You've calculated everything so clearly.”