我甚至连你叫什么都不知道
“I don't even know your name.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我甚至
“I don't even know your name.”
我甚至连你 叫什么 都不知道
“I don't even know your name.”
我叫林听澜 听见的听 波澜的澜
“I'm Lin Tinglan. T I N G, L A N.”
“How can we be in this situation when I don't even know who you are?”
In Chinese culture, knowing someone's name and origins is fundamental to defining interpersonal boundaries and relational legitimacy.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
even... (to the extent that)
Combines '甚至' (even) with '连...都' to strongly emphasize an astonishing baseline fact.
what someone is called / what one's name is
The most standard colloquial phrase for asking or stating someone's name.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“It's said she didn't even know her own name.”
“You didn't even know who I was, yet you dared to elope with me.”
“Behind a screen, you don't even know who you're talking to.”
“but I still don't know what to call you.”
“I don't know. Who are you?”
“I don't even know who you are.”
“Now I don't even know who I am.”
“When she woke up, she didn't know her own name.”
“You don't know who I am.”
“but now, I can't even speak his name aloud.”