我竟然什么都不知道
“And I had no idea.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
家都不让回
“wouldn't even let me go home.”
我 竟然 什么都不知道
“And I had no idea.”
“Master Gou wouldn't let me tell anyone.”
“How could everyone keep such a major thing secret from me?”
In tight-knit Chinese social or professional networks, being excluded from shared knowledge signals a loss of trust or diminished standing within the inner circle.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
Unexpectedly / to one's surprise
An adverb placed before verbs to convey strong surprise at an unanticipated truth.
Completely in the dark / know nothing at all
A common phrase using total negation to emphasize complete ignorance of an ongoing situation.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“and yet you're telling me you knew nothing? That doesn't quite hold water, does it?”
“How could I not know anything?”
“I don't know anything. Yu Qingtian.”
“Just pretend you know nothing.”
“you really don't know anything?”
“What do you want? I don't even know anything.”
“I knew nothing. I was unprepared,”
“I know nothing at all.”
“I don't know anything. I'll get back to work now.”
“I really don't know anything.”
“I know nothing. That person knocked me out.”
“I really don't know anything else.”
“How could I not know at all?”
“I really don't know that.”
“I don't know anything! Let's see…”
“I don't know. I truly don't know.”
“I know nothing, Aunt.”
“There's no way you don't know something.”
“we can't pretend we know nothing, can we?”
“I really don't know anything!”
“I don't know anything.”
“How did I not notice at all?”
“He had no idea.”
“How could I know nothing about it?”
“I didn't know you still thought like that.”