怎么你还嫌弃起 相貌高低了 真是
“Why do you still dislike someone who is not good-looking. That's really not good.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“However, they care not whether one is born of the legal wife or a concubine.”
怎么 你还 嫌弃 起 相貌 高低 了 真是
“Why do you still dislike someone who is not good-looking. That's really not good.”
“I really don't want to marry him. Shut up.”
“Who are you to be so picky about looks? Be grateful and realistic.”
In traditional Chinese matchmaking, character and family status vastly outweighed physical appearance; nitpicking looks was often viewed as frivolous and foolish.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to start looking down on; to begin disliking
Used to describe someone developing an attitude of distaste or rejection toward something or someone.
levels of physical appearance; how attractive someone is
A spoken expression contrasting good looks versus plain looks.
Marks a new change of state, highlighting that the speaker finds this sudden pickiness inappropriate.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Are you sick of me already?”
“You used to look down on him. Yeah.”
“Haven't you embarrassed yourself enough?”
“Even you dislike this place.”
“I do not dislike you.”
“I don't even mind you're a middle schooler.”