你别老在这瞎套近乎
“Don't try to get close to him.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
人家是客人
“He's a guest.”
你 别老 在这 瞎套近乎
“Don't try to get close to him.”
你别以为我不知道檀先生是谁
“Don't think I don't know who Mr. Tan is.”
“Drop the fake friendliness; I see right through what you are trying to do.”
While networking and building connections (guanxi) are crucial in Chinese culture, brazenly attempting to manufacture unearned intimacy (tao jinhu) is viewed with contempt.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to cozy up to / try to curry favor with someone
A colloquial idiom often carrying a negative connotation of trying too hard to act familiar for personal benefit.
blindly / foolishly / pointlessly
Placed before a verb to express that an action is unwarranted, reckless, or completely in vain.