我只好将计就计
“So, I went along with the plan.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
借用千面门来生事
“using Qianmian Sect to stir up trouble.”
我 只好 将计就计
“So, I went along with the plan.”
正好
“Just in time”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Classical Chinese strategy prizes turning an opponent's momentum and deception against them rather than resisting with brute force.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
beat someone at their own game / turn their scheme to one's own advantage
A well-known idiom from military strategy literature, used when someone exploits an enemy's trap against them.
have no choice but to / to be forced to
Used to describe an action taken out of necessity or tactical expediency.