她有什么可清高的?
“She was nothing special.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
好
“All right.”
她 有什么可清高的 ?
“She was nothing special.”
“She was just like the rest, chasing wealth and scorning the poor.”
“She acts like she's above everyone else, but she's just as shallow as the rest.”
Historically praised as pure scholar detachment, modern spoken Chinese often uses 'qinggao' pejoratively to mock people deemed snobbish or out of touch.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
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A rhetorical structure used to invalidate or scoff at someone's pride, sadness, or arrogance.
aloof and morally superior
Can be positive (untainted by worldly greed), but in modern spoken usage, it frequently carries negative connotations of pretentiousness.