你就知道装疯卖傻
“You were just being silly.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“I understand. I was being petty.”
你 就知道 装疯卖傻
“You were just being silly.”
“Qi transferred all the money over.”
“Stop playing dumb to escape responsibility; I see right through you.”
In Chinese interpersonal disputes, feigning ignorance or clowning around is a frequent defense mechanism to dodge confrontation, which often infuriates the partner demanding accountability.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
all one ever does is / only know how to
Commonly placed before a verb to express annoyance that someone repeatedly engages in an irritating habit.
feign madness / play dumb / act foolish intentionally
An idiomatic four-character idiom (chengyu) used to criticize someone evading blame or awkward questions by acting foolish.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Tell me. What mess? Still playing dumb?”
“Keep playing dumb.”
“When are you going to stop playing dumb?”
“playing dumb with us?”
“Still pretending to be dead?”