里应外合把恶人引来
“working in collusion to bring villains here”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我看你就是那清风寨的山匪吧
“I suspect you are a bandit from Qingfeng Stronghold,”
里应外合 把恶人引来
“working in collusion to bring villains here”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese communal culture, betrayal from within ('里应外合') is considered far more reprehensible and dangerous than an overt external attack.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
collaborate from within and without; act in coordination with outside conspirators
A four-character idiom widely used in both historical and modern contexts to describe treachery or coordinated internal-external attacks.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“you were the one working from the inside?”
“working from someone inside.”
“there was an inside job.”
“saying that we could work together to scam money out of Song.”
“No matter what I say, I'll end up being that bad guy.”
“Unless someone was working with an outsider and didn't do it themselves,”