你敢说你不知道
“you dare say you don't know?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我也不知道 他们到底在说什么 田家小子
“I don't know what they are talking about either. Boy of the Tian family,”
你敢说 你不知道
“you dare say you don't know?”
没有我李家的墨方 那骆文松会帮你们田家吗
“Without our family's ink recipe, would Luo Wensong ever help your family?”
“Stop pretending; you and I both know you are completely aware of what happened.”
Pretending not to know is a common face-saving defense mechanism in Chinese disputes; directly calling it out shatters the pretense completely.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
do you dare claim; how dare you say
A confrontational rhetorical prompt used to challenge someone whom you suspect is lying or denying facts.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Do you really know nothing at all?”
“Don't you know whether I dare to do it or not?”
“We know even if you didn't say anything.”
“Do you think I can't find out if you don't tell me?”
“I really don't know what you're talking about.”
“You don't know what I asked you.”
“do you even hear yourself?”
“I know you well. Tell me. What is it?”