揣着明白装糊涂呢
“or are you playing dumb with me?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你是真不明白还是跟我
“You really don't understand”
揣着明白装糊涂 呢
“or are you playing dumb with me?”
她根本就不需要你
“She doesn't need you”
“Stop playing dumb; you know the truth just as well as I do.”
In Chinese social interaction, pretending not to understand is a common tactic to save face or avoid conflict, but when called out, it exposes underlying dishonesty.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
feigning ignorance while fully understanding the situation
A frequent idiomatic idiom used to call out someone deliberately pretending not to understand to escape blame or embarrassment.
Emphasizes the ongoing state of pretense while reinforcing a mildly accusatory or questioning tone.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Playing dumb, huh?”
“There's no need to play dumb, Qian Fei.”
“are you pretending not to know,”
“the fact that I like you?”
“is pretending ignorance.”
“Stop pretending you don't know.”
“you can't pretend not to know what's going on here.”