我假装什么都不知道
“I pretended not to know anything.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
其实我早就知道了
“I actually knew it all along.”
我 假装什么都不知道
“I pretended not to know anything.”
“I thought we could start over that way.”
“I humiliated myself by playing dumb just to keep us together.”
In Chinese romantic and familial dynamics, one partner may intentionally feign ignorance (装糊涂) about betrayal to preserve the relationship or protect both parties from overt confrontation.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to pretend; to feign
Commonly followed by a clause describing an action or mental state one is faking.
completely clueless; knowing nothing at all
A standard construction using '什么都' to express complete negation.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You don't have to pretend you don't know anything, right?”
“you should pretend you didn't hear it.”
“I thought you were pretending not to know me”
“pretend you didn't know about this?”
“Don't act like you know me well.”
“Why did you pretend you didn't know anything?”
“pretend you don't know about this?”
“…I'll act like nothing happened.”
“Just pretend you know nothing.”
“Besides, I don't even see your dog. Stop pretending! You kicked my dog before.”
“are you pretending not to know,”
“I acted like nothing happened.”