说不会写字要查字典
“He claims he can't write and needs a dictionary.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“We told him to write a statement, and he dragged it out word by word.”
说 不会 写字 要查字典
“He claims he can't write and needs a dictionary.”
“Where did Officer Zhu get the idea he's definitely involved in this case?”
“They made up an obvious excuse just to stall for time.”
Claiming not to know characters is a common everyday stalling excuse, but in a formal or police context, it often immediately flags suspicion as deliberate delay.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
look up in a dictionary / consult a dictionary
A standard verb-object phrase meaning to look up words in a dictionary.
cannot write / illiterate
Used literally for illiteracy or colloquially when someone forgets how to write specific characters.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“[Knowledge is Boundless] She doesn't even know all the characters.”
“I don't know some of these characters.”
“But I can't read.”
“Does he think I couldn't read?”
“These traditional characters are so hard to read.”
“I can't forget you.”