我没想背着你
“I wasn't trying to hide it.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你背着我找工作
“You were job hunting secretly?”
我没想 背着你
“I wasn't trying to hide it.”
“Factory work isn't for you anyway.”
“Please don't take this as a betrayal; I just wanted to handle it myself without an argument.”
Acting behind a partner's or family member's back (背着人) is perceived as a serious breach of trust and relational solidarity.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
behind someone's back
Used as a prepositional phrase with a person as the object to indicate covert actions.
did not intend to / had no intention of
Used to soften culpability by emphasizing a lack of deliberate malice.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“that I don't want to hide behind you.”
“I wasn't asking you to be a deserter.”
“Have you been secretly seeing someone?”
“Nothing.”
“and do all this behind my back? Were you planning to wait until I wasn't home”
“Why would she have anything to do”