我就是没想到 这赵老板还挺精
“I just didn't expect that you would be so...”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Yes, yes, yes. You know best. You know everything. Mr. Know-it-all. No,”
我 就是 没想到 这 赵老板 还挺精
“I just didn't expect that you would be so...”
没眼看
“I can't bear to watch.”
“Don't mock me for being wrong; it's just that Boss Zhao was unusually cunning.”
When exposed to light teasing ('know-it-all'), Chinese speakers typically hedge and attribute unexpected outcomes to the other party's shrewdness to protect their credibility.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
just didn't expect / simply caught off guard
Commonly used to excuse oneself or explain why an outcome differed from previous claims.
quite shrewd / rather cunning
Used colloquially to describe someone who is sharp, calculating, or hard to fool in business or life.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I never expected the boss to dislike her.”
“I didn't expect that someone was stationed there.”
“I saw Ms. Zhao's post on social media. I happen to be free today,”
“Thanks, Ms. Zhao. Wishing you prosperity!”
“I think so too. I really didn't expect this.”
“I'm just a bit worried about Zhao.”