你怎么知道 我怎么知道
“How do you know? How do I know?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“so she could draw a clean line once and for all.”
你怎么知道 我怎么知道
“How do you know? How do I know?”
党羽说的呗
“Dang Yu told me.”
“None of your business how I found out, or why wouldn't I know?”
Repeating the opponent's question right back is a standard spoken Chinese rhetorical tactic to counter surprise and regain conversational control.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
how did you know
A very common conversational response when confronted with unexpected information.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“How do you know that so clearly?”
“How would I know what she said?”
“How would I know? Hard to say. I don't know.”
“How would I know? I don't deal with that.”
“so agitated? How would I know?”