没印象了 没印象
“I can't remember. Really?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
这个人来过吗
“Has he been here before?”
没印象了 没印象
“I can't remember. Really?”
“I really can't remember, Officer Lu! I sell over 100 ID cards”
“I don't remember him at all, so please don't get me involved in this mess.”
Claiming 'no impression' is the safest, most passive way in Chinese society to decline assisting in investigations without directly refusing authority.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to have no recollection / no impression
The most common natural spoken phrase in Chinese to say you do not recall a person, event, or detail.
Signifies a change of state, indicating that any possible memory is gone or cannot be accessed.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Actually, I barely remember them.”
“I don't remember.”
“has no memory of the millennium at all.”
“It's a tour guide's namber from a travel agency. And he has absolutely no impression of him.”
“How come I have no memory of any of this?”