不过都是些胭脂俗粉
“But they were all just ordinary girls,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
不过都是些 胭脂俗粉
“But they were all just ordinary girls,”
不像含笑
“nothing like Hanxiao.”
“Their opinions don't matter to me; they are beneath me.”
The idiom contrasts gaudy, heavily made-up women with natural, refined elegance, a classic trope in Chinese literature to praise inner virtue over superficial allure.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
merely all just; nothing more than
Use this structure to downplay or dismiss multiple entities as trivial or beneath consideration.
superficial women; vulgar beauties
A traditional, mildly derogatory idiom used to describe ordinary, unrefined women who rely heavily on makeup.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“but not the rouge. I don't need it.”
“(Rouge and powder) it was clearly concealed with makeup.”
“Isn't this just rose powder?”
“I wish there were rouge ink. ♪ Amid the frost, I sketch the unfinished prologue ♪”
“Rouge isn't essential, anyway.”
“This is almost like wearing makeup.”