闻无味之香 我哪知道这些东西呀？
“and scentless incense. How was I supposed to know what those were?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
吃无尘之果
“dustless fruit,”
闻无味之香 我哪知道 这些 东西 呀？
“and scentless incense. How was I supposed to know what those were?”
这分明是故意刁难嘛 她说我偷看她更衣
“She was obviously making things difficult on purpose. She said I peeked while she was changing.”
“Stop expecting me to know these ridiculous things; it's completely unfair!”
Using '哪知道' allows Chinese speakers to emphatically reject fault by asserting that the circumstance was fundamentally unknowable.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
how would one know; have no clue
A common rhetorical device expressing ignorance combined with defensiveness or surprise.
Softens the blunt rhetorical question while conveying exasperation and helplessness.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You can't smell anything. Why do you need a sachet?”
“Smell it, isn't it fragrant?”
“Here, smell it. Does it smell fishy?”
“I will never smell flowers again.”
“Do you guys smell that?”
“Xiang must have had a hard time growing up.”