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《The Heir》 S1·E22 (25:23) HSK 4
wǒ zěn me néng dāng bù zhī dào ne

我怎么能当不知道呢

“How can I pretend not to know?”

《The Heir》 S1·E22
TIMECODE: 25:23 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN nǐ jiù dāng bù zhī dào wǒ jiù hǎo le

“just pretend you don't know about my difficulties.”

wǒ zěn me néng dāng bù zhī dào ne CURRENT FOCUS

我 怎么能 当不知道 呢

“How can I pretend not to know?”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN yī yuán mò de zhì chéng yǒu nǐ de gōng láo

一元墨的制成有你的功劳

“Part of the credit of creating the Origin Ink goes to you.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: INSISTING ON JUSTICE
Tone: INSISTENT
Emotion: INDIGNATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“My conscience will not let me take your credit or act like you did not help.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Conscience and Moral Reciprocity (Liangxin)

Refusing to ignore a partner's quiet sacrifice aligns with the cultural virtue of fairness and reciprocal honor among craftsmen and associates.

INTENT TAGS: #acknowledgment #fairness #conscience #refusal
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
当不知道 SPOKEN CHUNK

feign ignorance; pretend not to know

Common everyday spoken expression used when somebody deliberately turns a blind eye to the truth.

怎么能 SPOKEN CHUNK

how could one possibly

Used at the start of a rhetorical question to express moral disbelief or refusal.

Modal Particle「呢」 (ne) CHANGE OF STATE

Softens the rhetorical question while maintaining emotional insistence and sincerity.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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我怎么会什么都不知道呢
《危险关系》
86% Match
我怎么会什么都不知道呢
wǒ zěn me huì shén me dōu bù zhī dào ne

“How could I not know anything?”

我当然不知道了 这怎么办啊
《南部档案》
86% Match
我当然不知道了 这怎么办啊
wǒ dāng rán bù zhī dào le zhè zěn me bàn a

“Of course I don't! What should we do now?”

你不知道 当法务经理一旦忙起来
《家事法庭》
86% Match
你不知道 当法务经理一旦忙起来
nǐ bù zhī dào dāng fǎ wù jīng lǐ yí dàn máng qǐ lái

“You do not understand. Once a legal manager gets busy,”

得是对方不知道才好啊
《成何体统》
86% Match
得是对方不知道才好啊
dé shì duì fāng bù zhī dào cái hǎo a

“it's best if the other person doesn't know.”

我怎么一点都不知道
《钢铁森林》
86% Match
我怎么一点都不知道
wǒ zěn me yì diǎn dōu bù zhī dào

“How could I not know at all?”

怎么都不告诉我呀 我怎么不知道啊
《以家人之名》
86% Match
怎么都不告诉我呀 我怎么不知道啊
zěn me dōu bù gào sù wǒ ya wǒ zěn me bù zhī dào a

“Why didn't you tell me? I didn't know it at all.”

某个人要么知道一件事 要么就是不知道
《悬案》
86% Match
某个人要么知道一件事 要么就是不知道
mǒu gè rén yào me zhī dào yī jiàn shì yào me jiù shì bù zhī dào

“Someone knows something or they don't.”

就当什么都不知道
《迷墙》
86% Match
就当什么都不知道
jiù dāng shén me dōu bù zhī dào

“just pretend you know nothing.”

你怎么可能什么都不知道
《突然的喜欢》
86% Match
你怎么可能什么都不知道
nǐ zěn me kě néng shén me dōu bù zhī dào

“There's no way you know nothing.”

他就是不知道该怎么讲
《迷墙》
86% Match
他就是不知道该怎么讲
tā jiù shì bù zhī dào gāi zěn me jiǎng

“He just doesn't know how to express himself.”

我都不知道我想当律师
《以家人之名》
86% Match
我都不知道我想当律师
wǒ dōu bù zhī dào wǒ xiǎng dāng lǜ shī

“I didn't know it, either.”

我怎么不知道 你想要当律师
《以家人之名》
86% Match
我怎么不知道 你想要当律师
wǒ zěn me bù zhī dào nǐ xiǎng yào dāng lǜ shī

“Why didn't I know that you wanted to be a lawyer?”

这怎么会不知道聊什么呢
《风过留痕》
86% Match
这怎么会不知道聊什么呢
zhè zěn me huì bù zhī dào liáo shén me ne

“How could you not know what to talk about?”

我怎么一点都不知道
《钢铁森林》
86% Match
我怎么一点都不知道
wǒ zěn me yì diǎn dōu bù zhī dào

“How did I not notice at all?”

我怎么能什么都不知道
《爱情有烟火》
86% Match
我怎么能什么都不知道
wǒ zěn me néng shén me dōu bù zhī dào

“How could I know nothing about it?”

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