我 我可没有这么说
“I didn't say that.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
草台班子对吧
“An amateur setup, right?”
我 我可没有这么说
“I didn't say that.”
我觉得你说得很对
“I think you're absolutely right.”
“Do not put those dangerous words in my mouth, I want plausible deniability.”
In Chinese organizational life, directly calling an entity a 'makeshift crew' (草台班子) is politically risky; people quickly deny making such explicit remarks to protect their own position.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
certainly did not; definitely have not
The particle '可' is used here before the negative verb to add emphatic denial.
say it like that; put it that way
Commonly used when disputing how a thought or statement was framed or attributed.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I never said that.”
“I never said that”
“I didn't say that. That's what you meant. I... I...”
“Nothing.”
“You didn't say it. But you wished I would just drop dead.”
“I... I can't say I've never thought about it that way, Master.”
“No. We simply fought a few moves.”
“I was never involved.”