早知道你这样我就不瞒你了
“If I'd known earlier, I wouldn't have kept it from you.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Didn't expect you to be like this, Gong.”
早知道 你 这样 我就不 瞒你了
“If I'd known earlier, I wouldn't have kept it from you.”
“So hurry up and learn to swim.”
“I stressed over keeping this a secret for nothing since you're totally fine with it.”
Withholding information (瞒) is often done out of fear of conflict or judgment, but admitting it candidly can foster intimacy when met with understanding.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
if I had known earlier; had I known
Commonly starts a counterfactual conditional expressing hindsight regret or realization.
hide the truth from you; keep you in the dark
Used with personal pronouns ('瞒我', '瞒他') to describe intentionally withholding information.
Marks the counterfactual realization and soft finality of the statement.
