你们那个圈我是真不懂
“I really don't understand your industry.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
不是让你吹头发
“Bluff, not blow!”
你们 那个 圈 我是 真不懂
“I really don't understand your industry.”
我去不了
“I can't join.”
“I don't belong in your world and I really don't want to go.”
Chinese social life heavily revolves around 'quanzi' (cliques or circles); saying one does not fit into someone else's circle is a face-saving, non-confrontational way to decline invitations.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
that circle / that particular scene
Commonly used in spoken Chinese to refer to specialized industry cliques, such as the entertainment or fashion industry.
really do not understand / completely out of one's depth
A colloquial way to confess lack of familiarity, often used as a soft excuse to decline participation.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You're telling me you don't get it?”
“You tell me you don't understand?”
“I don't understand that. But I just want to know,”
“You really don't get it, do you?”
“Actually, I don't really understand you.”
“You know nothing, huh?”