就当作积德行善了
“Think of it as doing a good deed.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Yan Zheng, why don't you just help out?”
就当 作积 德行 善了
“Think of it as doing a good deed.”
不是
“Hey, wait...”
“Just do it as a favor; consider it good karma.”
Rooted in Buddhist and Daoist traditions, invoking 'accumulating merit' is a familiar rhetorical strategy to motivate people to offer uncompensated help.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to accumulate merit and do good deeds
A classic four-character idiom frequently used playfully or seriously to persuade someone to perform an unrewarding favor.
just treat it as / just consider it as
Used to suggest a reframing of an undesirable or uncompensated task into something acceptable.
Indicates completion of the mental reframing and softens the imperative coaxing.