我不是故意要瞒着你的
“I didn't mean to hide this from you.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
姐 你别生气啊
“Don't be mad at me, Yingying.”
我 不是故意要 瞒着你 的
“I didn't mean to hide this from you.”
我就是怕你不来
“I was just afraid that you wouldn't come.”
“Don't be mad at me, I only hid it because I had no better choice.”
Junior family members often justify white lies by claiming lack of malicious intent to avoid triggering familial strife.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
not on purpose / not intentional
Essential phrase for pleading innocence or clarifying lack of malice when caught in a mistake.
to hide from / to conceal the truth from
Colloquial verb pattern indicating keeping someone in the dark about an event.
Affirms certainty and strengthens the speaker's defensive assertion.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I didn't mean to hide it from you.”
“I didn't mean to hide it from you.”
“I didn't mean to hide my identity.”
“I didn't mean to hide it from you.”