神不知鬼不觉地收下它
“accepted it without anyone knowing.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我本可以
“I could have”
神不知鬼不觉地 收下 它
“accepted it without anyone knowing.”
但我很清楚地知道
“But I know very clearly”
“I had every opportunity to take it without anyone ever finding out, yet I chose not to.”
Traditional Chinese idioms frequently invoke gods and ghosts to represent absolute omniscience. If an act is hidden even from supernatural beings, it means it is done in complete and utter secrecy.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
in total secrecy; without anyone knowing a thing
A very common four-character idiom used as an adverbial phrase (often followed by 地) to describe doing something completely unnoticed.
to accept; to take in (a gift or item)
Used when formally or consciously accepting an object or gift offered by someone else.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“and secretly deliver these goods”
“without anyone noticing.”
“we'll put it back secretly.”
“will unknowingly”
“did you really think no one would ever know?”
“He thought no one would notice.”