你当我没说 你就装作不知道吧
“Just pretend I didn't say that, and you don't know anything.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我这嘴
“Me and my big mouth.”
你 当我没说 你就 装作不知道 吧
“Just pretend I didn't say that, and you don't know anything.”
你妈估计
“Your mom probably”
“I messed up by blurting that out, please don't cause drama by repeating it!”
Pretending not to know embarrassing or sensitive truths (装糊涂) is a respected social coping mechanism in Chinese culture to preserve harmony.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
pretend (someone) never said it / disregard what was said
Essential conversational phrase used for immediate damage control after an accidental slip of the tongue.
to feign ignorance / to pretend not to know
Commonly used when asking someone to play dumb to avoid conflict or awkwardness.
Softens the urgent request into an earnest appeal for compliance.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“just pretend I didn't say anything.”
“You don't have to pretend you don't know anything, right?”
“you should pretend you didn't hear it.”
“I just don't know. I don't care what you say.”
“Do you think I can't find out if you don't tell me?”
“If you don't tell me, I won't know what you are thinking about.”
“just pretend you don't know about my difficulties.”
“You can just ignore me.”