你也不用在这儿故弄玄虚
“And you don't need to act mysterious here.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
黄奕德不会出现了
“Huang Yide won't show up.”
你 也不 用 在这 儿 故弄玄虚
“And you don't need to act mysterious here.”
“I privately paid off some of his debts.”
“Cut the nonsense and get straight to the point.”
Accusing someone directly of '故弄玄虚' strips away polite conversational veneer and signals that the speaker has lost patience with evasive maneuvers.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to deliberately make things appear mysterious or complicated
A set four-character idiom (chengyu) used critically when someone is putting on a deceptive, obscure show.
no need to; don't bother
Often used to bluntly reject an attitude or posture shown by the other person.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Stop being so mysterious.”
“Don't try to bluff your way out.”
“Don't shed crocodile tears here.”
“don't cause trouble here.”
“stop slandering an innocent person with a false charge.”
“Stop pestering me here, alright?”
“Stop with that sarcastic tone.”