还演戏呢 孟广才
“Still acting, Meng Guangcai?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
是四个人
“You weren't three that day. It was four!”
还演戏呢 孟广才
“Still acting, Meng Guangcai?”
“Drop the act, we already have you cornered.”
Chinese police procedures often emphasize breaking the suspect's psychological defense by exposing the confessions of co-conspirators.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
putting on an act / faking
Literally 'acting in a play', used metaphorically in daily and adversarial contexts to call out feigned ignorance or hypocrisy.
Emphasizes the ongoing state of pretense while adding a mocking and confrontational nuance.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I feel Meng Guangcai would never dream”
“Only you, Meng Guangcai, have this many coincidences surrounding you.”
“Shouldn't we take advantage of Meng Guangcai's uncertainty”
“For someone as proud as you,”
“You don't know Meng Guangcai well enough.”
“not to involve yourself in Meng Guangcai's affairs.”