老谋深算 你是不是想说老奸巨猾啊
“Foxy old man. Did you mean to call me a devious old fox?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
十五个
“Fifteen percent.”
老谋深算 你 是不是 想说 老奸巨猾 啊
“Foxy old man. Did you mean to call me a devious old fox?”
吃你的苹果吧
“Just eat your apple.”
“Don't sugarcoat it, you think I'm a sneaky schemer, don't you?”
Native speakers love contrasting near-synonym idioms of positive versus derogatory valence to banter about someone's sharp personality.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
circumspect and shrewd; experienced and astute
A neutral-to-complimentary idiom describing someone with deep plans and veteran foresight.
as slippery as an eel; crafty and treacherous
A distinctly derogatory idiom describing a cunning, deceitful veteran.
Softens the rhetorical question into playful banter rather than an aggressive confrontation.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Oh, Chi Wen, what a scheme.”
“What an excellent scheme you'd devised.”
“was great foresight.”
“can predict everything.”
“What a brilliant calculation.”
“You sure know how to play your cards right, huh?”