你就当不知道我就好了
“just pretend you don't know about my difficulties.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
不过
“That said,”
你 就当不知道 我 就好了
“just pretend you don't know about my difficulties.”
“Don't get involved with me; it is too dangerous for both of us.”
Pretending ignorance ('feigning blindness/deafness') is a common pragmatic strategy in Chinese interpersonal dynamics to avoid being dragged into risky affairs.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
just pretend that; just treat it as
Commonly used in spoken Chinese to suggest adopting a fictional or convenient assumption.
and that will do; then everything is fine
Placed at the end of a clause to propose a simple resolution or desired scenario.
Indicates completion and emphasizes the speaker's desired state of resolution.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You can just ignore me.”
“Honestly, I don't even know what to say to you anymore.”
“Don't tell me you're not aware of his illness.”
“I had no idea what I was even doing.”
“I just don't know. I don't care what you say.”
“Don't tell me that you know nothing about Ling Xiao's disease.”
“Do you think I can't find out if you don't tell me?”
“Don't you know who's nice to you? I know it for sure.”
“You take me for a fool?”
“Just pretend I didn't say that, and you don't know anything.”
“Pretend that you don't know. I don't want her to feel burdened.”