听到的话也该装作不知道吧
“you should pretend you didn't hear it.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你就算出于礼貌
“Even out of courtesy,”
听到的话也该 装作不知道 吧
“you should pretend you didn't hear it.”
“Your eyes are so red. Did you cry? No.”
“You are embarrassing me; just pretend you never heard it.”
In Chinese culture, pretending not to notice someone's vulnerability or private embarrassment is considered a high form of social empathy and face-saving.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
out of politeness / as a courtesy
Used to invoke basic social decorum as a standard of behavior.
feign ignorance / pretend not to know
Refers to intentionally ignoring an awkward situation to save someone's face.
Softens an accusation into an appeal for shared social consensus.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“forget everything you heard.”
“Just pretend you know nothing.”
“I pretended not to know anything.”
“And you pretended you heard nothing and acted normal while solving cases with me.”
“What do I have to be afraid of?”
“You don't have to pretend you don't know anything, right?”
“pretend you didn't know about this?”
“Why did you pretend you didn't know anything?”
“pretend you don't know about this?”
“are you pretending not to know,”
“there are some things I don't know whether I should say.”
“Just pretend I didn't say that, and you don't know anything.”
“pretend you don't know about this?”