我既没说是你说的
“I never mentioned your name,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
跟我们何干呀
“What does that have to do with us?”
我既没 说是 你说 的
“I never mentioned your name,”
“so why are you in such a rush to admit it?”
“Your guilty conscience gave you away before I even named you.”
In Chinese debate and dispute etiquette, reacting defensively before an explicit accusation is seen as a telltale sign of guilt, known idiomatically as 'confessing without being beaten'.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
neither / haven't even...
A formal-leaning connective element used in spoken rhetoric to lay out a logical premise before countering.