我以为你在骗我时
“When I thought you were lying to me,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
为何之前不说
“Why didn't you tell me earlier?”
我以为 你在 骗我 时
“When I thought you were lying to me,”
为何不说实话
“why didn't you tell me the truth?”
“I kept quiet because I couldn't trust you back then.”
In Chinese interpersonal ethics, truthfulness is reciprocal; demonstrating that the other party appeared deceitful serves as a strong legitimate defense for concealing facts.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
I thought (mistakenly)
Typically signals that a previous assumption was mistaken or based on incomplete information.
deceiving me / lying to me
Direct phrase denoting intentional deceit or dishonesty.
when / at the time of
A concise, semi-formal time clause marker equivalent to '的时候'.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“you're lying to me.”
“Do you think I'm lying to you?”
“You've been lying to me.”
“You said I lied to you.”
“You're all lying to me.”
“You lied to me.”