我那时候小 不懂事
“I was young and simple-minded.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
听说经常吵架
“I heard you often argued.”
我 那时候小 不懂事
“I was young and simple-minded.”
“Then why did you kill him? I-I didn't kill him.”
“Don't hold petty childhood fights against me as a motive for murder.”
In Chinese culture, being '懂事' implies understanding social propriety and adult responsibilities; claiming to be '不懂事' is a common defense to mitigate accountability for past mistakes.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
immature / indiscreet / not knowing better
Widely used to excuse childish behavior, errors in judgment, or poor etiquette due to youth.
at that time / back then
Standard conversational phrase to refer back to a past period.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I used to be immature.”
“I was having issues with Bai Shu. She doesn't have it. Only I have that photo.”
“You were only 7 or 8 years.”
“I was too young then to remember the way.”
“He was so young at that time. It couldn't have been decided by him, right?”
“Back then, he was merely a soldier at Wangcheng.”
“I stayed silent back then because my heart was full of bitterness”
“I wasn't mature enough back then.”
“I have no idea what came over me at the time.”