怎么都不告诉我呀 我怎么不知道啊
“Why didn't you tell me? I didn't know it at all.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
凌爸什么时候 摔断腿脑震荡了
“When did Mr. Ling have a broken leg and cerebral concussion?”
怎么都不告诉我 呀 我怎么不知道 啊
“Why didn't you tell me? I didn't know it at all.”
“It's no use telling you. You couldn't come back to look after him. I…”
“How could you treat me like an outsider and keep such a major injury secret from me?”
Chinese families often hide bad news like illness or injury from absent members to spare them worry, which paradoxically hurts the excluded member when discovered.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
why didn't (anyone) even...
Used to express grievance or disbelief that an expected action was completely omitted.
Intensifies the emotional perplexity and grievance in the question.
Adds exasperation and an urgent demand for an explanation.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Why didn't you tell me?”
“can it never be revealed to the patrons?”
“Why didn't she tell me?”
“Why didn't you tell me beforehand? Why keep it from me?”
“Why didn't you tell me?”
“Why didn't you tell me?”
“Then why didn't you tell me?”
“Why didn't anyone tell me?”
“Why didn't you tell me?”
“No way you don't know. Of course you know.”
“how could I not know who my employer is?”
“You don't know how they treated Ju. Cook for them? I won't.”
“No, he doesn't. I've never told anyone.”
“I have no idea what happened.”
“I have no idea what happened.”
“How could there be anything I don't know?”
“I just don't know. I don't care what you say.”
“Please stop it. No matter how many times you ask, I'll only say, "No idea."”
“You guys seriously don't know? What happened?”
“it's best if the other person doesn't know.”
“How come I didn't know you had investments?”
“I wouldn't have known if I hadn't come. I didn't expect it to be this difficult.”
“I didn't know your number.”
“How would I know? Hard to say. I don't know.”
“Yeah, I wouldn't have known if you didn't tell me.”
“Others may not know, but I do.”
“How can I pretend not to know?”
“Why didn't I know that you wanted to be a lawyer?”