对 都是那骗子给闹的
“Exactly, it's that scammer's fault.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“But Mr. Huang should be paying it.”
对 都是 那 骗子 给闹的
“Exactly, it's that scammer's fault.”
“I told you to demand payment from that scammer.”
“Don't blame Boss Huang or us; direct your anger at the real criminal.”
In Chinese business conflicts, invoking a mutual villain or third-party swindler is a frequent tactic to deflect immediate hostility and preserve existing local relationships.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
caused by; all because of (a troublesome situation)
A highly colloquial northern Chinese construction used to blame an unpleasant outcome on a specific nuisance or mistake.
Affirms the cause and completes the explanatory causal construction '给……闹的'.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“All scammers! You are all scammers! I got scammed too!”
“Mr. Meng, it's all a misunderstanding.”
“because she was deceived by a bad person?”
“because she was deceived by a bad man?”
“I told you to demand payment from that scammer.”
“there are many scammers nowadays.”