您可不能跟我揣着明白装糊涂
“you can't pretend not to know what's going on here.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我说 贺老板
“Well, Mr. He,”
您 可不能 跟我 揣着明白装糊涂
“you can't pretend not to know what's going on here.”
不能够不能够
“No, of course not.”
“Cut the act—we both know exactly what you are doing, so do not play the fool.”
In Chinese interpersonal and business dynamics, feigning ignorance is a common face-saving evasive maneuver; calling it out explicitly signals a breakdown in indirect diplomacy.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to play dumb while understanding perfectly well
A vivid colloquial idiom frequently used when exposing someone who pretends ignorance to evade responsibility.
really must not; under no circumstances should
Employed to issue an emphatic warning or earnest prohibition while maintaining interpersonal tension.