是你和赵黑子演的一出戏 是
“and it's a scheme you and Zhao Heizi set up? Yes.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
所以陆军被送去戒毒所
“So Lu Jun was sent to rehab,”
是你 和赵黑子 演的一出戏 是
“and it's a scheme you and Zhao Heizi set up? Yes.”
因为当时我没有别的选择
“I had no other choice back then.”
“Yes, we staged the whole thing, but I had no other choice.”
Describing calculated human deception as 'staging a play' is a common dramatic metaphor in Chinese social narrative.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
a staged act / put on a show / orchestrated play
A common metaphorical idiom describing an event staged deliberately to deceive others.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You're here for Zhao Heizi, right?”
“Speaking of Zhao Heizi, he was a lucky man. His daughter was his personal cash cow.”
“that Zhao Heizi won 150,000 in cash at another card game.”
“Do you know who else he owed money besides you?”
“Something happened at Zhao Heizi's place. Isn't his home on the second floor?”
“Did you know Zhao Heizi well?”