搞得好像我挑拨离间似的
“The last thing I need is to look like I'm stirring things up.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你们夫妻之间有什么误会
“any misunderstandings between you and yoru husband.”
搞得 好像 我 挑拨离间 似的
“The last thing I need is to look like I'm stirring things up.”
抱歉啊 接个电话
“Sorry, I need to take this call.”
“Don't make it look like I'm the one driving a wedge between you two; I have nothing to do with your marital issues.”
In Chinese culture, conflicts between a married couple are usually regarded as strictly private affairs. Outsiders who intervene easily end up pleasing nobody and getting blamed by both sides, so people actively avoid the moral stigma of 'sowing discord' or 'breaking up a family'.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to sow discord; to drive a wedge between people
An idiom frequently used to accuse someone of inciting conflict, or to deny doing so, especially between couples or close friends.
making it seem as if... (often carrying a dissatisfied or protesting tone)
A common spoken construction used to express protest and exasperation over an untrue impression, accusation, or assumption.
Placed at the end of a clause paired with 'haoxiang' to denote resemblance or simulation, conveying annoyance and an effort to distance oneself from the situation.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Just like you said, he was trying to drive a wedge between us.”
“Chief, this is their scheme to divide us.”
“even sowing discord among them.”
“It's clearly a setup to stir up trouble.”
“to sow discord between you and Mang Village. Secretary Meng,”
“I won't allow you to sow discord here.”
“so he sowed discord between me and my family.”
“So he sowed discord between us.”
“to drive a wedge between me and Song Yan.”
“stop trying to drive a wedge between people.”
“They are clearly trying to drive a wedge between us.”
“he sows distrust among the Six Sects.”
“Trying to sow discord between us?”
“and drive a wedge between us brothers.”
“I'm not here to drive a wedge between you.”