激将法是吧
“Luring me, huh?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Just a whim. It won't happen again.”
激将法 是吧
“Luring me, huh?”
“Just wait. I'll make you pay for this.”
“Don't try to play mind games with me; I know exactly what you're doing.”
Rooted in classical Chinese stratagems (The Thirty-Six Stratagems), this phrase is widely used in casual modern speech to jokingly call out someone trying to provoke you into doing what they want.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
reverse psychology; prodding or goading someone into action
A very common four-character idiom used when someone intentionally challenges your pride to get you to do something.
Softens the rhetorical question into a confident, teasing confirmation.