要不我怎么知道
“Otherwise, how would I know the medicine in your bag was this kind?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
不然呢
“How else?”
要不 我怎么知道
“Otherwise, how would I know the medicine in your bag was this kind?”
你包里的是这种药呢
“Otherwise, how would I know the medicine in your bag was this kind?”
“Don't act innocent; there is no other logical explanation for how I caught you.”
Mandarin speakers frequently employ rhetorical questions like '要不怎么...' to trap the counterparty in undeniable logic during conflicts.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
otherwise how would I have known
A rhetorical phrase used to firmly justify how one acquired certain knowledge or made a deduction.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“How did you know”
“How do you know? How do I know?”
“Why didn't you tell me? I didn't know it at all.”
“How could I let you know?”
“You haven't told me how you knew”
“How would I know? I don't deal with that.”