刚才那位女士 我们可不认识她
“we don't know that lady just now.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
汤叔叔
“Mr. Tang,”
刚才那位女士 我们 可不认识 她
“we don't know that lady just now.”
“But she knew my mom's name.”
“She is a total stranger to us, so how on earth does she know who my mother is?”
When an unvetted stranger displays intimate knowledge of family connections, it raises immediate security concerns and suspicion in Chinese social contexts.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
that lady just now
A polite, standard way to refer to an unfamiliar woman seen recently.
definitely not / by no means (in this negative context)
Here '可' acts as an intensifier before '不认识', strongly emphasizing the complete lack of acquaintance.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You don't know her? Never heard of her.”
“I thought of that Wilson woman's face earlier. Did you see?”
“You don't even know that woman. She said she knows me.”