根本就瞧不起咱们
“He simply looks down on us.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“but he also acts like we can't do without him.”
根本 就 瞧不起 咱们
“He simply looks down on us.”
“Doing business with him is too frustrating.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Chinese business relationships place high value on mutual respect and face; treating a partner condescendingly can break commercial cooperation even if the deal is viable.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
simply; fundamentally; at all
Used before a negative verb or phrase to strongly reinforce an absolute or extreme viewpoint.
to look down upon; to disdain
A very common colloquial expression indicating contempt or perceived superiority from someone else.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“And the Shi family!”
“She can't please us enough.”
“We might be small”
“never saw us as humans,”
“Others can look down on us.”
“We're the bandits whom people like you despise most.”
“Will you look down on us?”
“Will you look down on us?”
“we were always looked down on, so we were driven here.”