一概不知
“I know nothing.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
老夫不过是在府中 被人意外毒害 其他的
“I was only poisoned by accident in my own house. As for the rest,”
一概不知
“I know nothing.”
大理卿憋了这么久
“You schemed it this long,”
“I know what happened, but you won't get a single word out of me.”
In imperial court intrigue, claiming complete ignorance is a classic self-preservation strategy to prevent political rivals from finding grounds for indictment.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to know absolutely nothing about something; entirely ignorant of
A formal four-character idiom frequently used in legal or serious contexts to firmly disclaim any knowledge or involvement.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“We don't know! We really don't know!”
“I know nothing about what's going on here.”
“We know nothing about it.”
“you can pretend you know nothing about any of this.”
“We didn't know about it”
“We don't know.”
“They all played dumb when you asked about something.”