但是不知道为什么
“But I don't know why”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
很冷
“and so cold.”
但是 不知道为什么
“But I don't know why”
看着你
“I feel at ease”
“I cannot explain it logically, but something changes when I look at you.”
Chinese speakers often preface emotional confessions with expressions of bewilderment to ease into vulnerable feelings rather than stating them directly.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
don't know why; for some reason
Commonly used to soften a subjective feeling or confession by highlighting that it is intuitive rather than logical.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“But for reasons unknown,”
“No idea what was going on today.”
“I have no idea what happened.”
“I have no idea what happened.”
“I don't know what came over me.”
“But I don't understand why.”
“I don't know how to buy them.”
“I don't understand why.”
“Because I didn't know what was going on back then.”
“But lately, they somehow started”
“never having known what pain feels like.”
“Then I don't know what happened.”
“I really don't know what happened.”
“I don't know why this is taking so long.”
“I don't know why we have to end like this today.”
“I don't know when it was,”
“I suffer gastrointestinal disorders, right?”
“I wouldn't have known if I hadn't come. I didn't expect it to be this difficult.”
“That I don't know.”
“I don't know why. Perhaps it's my intuition.”
“We don't know why,”
“I didn't know why,”
“Honestly, neither did I.”
“But I don't know what's going on.”
“It's such a small place. There's nothing you can miss.”
“I just don't understand.”
“I don't know how things turned out like this!”