我就是装不知道罢了
“I just pretended not to know.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
真的
“Really.”
我 就是 装不知道 罢了
“I just pretended not to know.”
你想 小的时候 那些小男生给你 递情书
“Think about it. When we were kids, all those love letters boys gave you—”
“I wasn't clueless at all; I just chose to play dumb to avoid awkwardness.”
In Chinese social interaction, pretending not to notice romantic interest or sensitive situations is a common face-saving tactic to avoid direct rejection or emotional exposure.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to pretend not to know; to play dumb
A highly common spoken collocation used when deliberately acting ignorant to avoid conflict, embarrassment, or awkwardness.
merely; that is all; nothing more
Placed at the end of a clause to downplay significance or dismiss something as trivial.
Functions as a sentence-final restrictive particle softening the declaration by portraying it as 'nothing more than that'.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I pretended to have a headache to brush them off.”
“You don't have to pretend you don't know anything, right?”
“Besides, I don't even see your dog. Stop pretending! You kicked my dog before.”
“I just don't know. I don't care what you say.”
“Why did you pretend you didn't know anything?”
“Director Li, what photo? I have no idea. Stop pretending.”
“But we don't know”
“are you pretending not to know,”
“I did that on purpose.”