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《The Knockout》 S1·E35 (13:21) HSK 6
yǎn guāng tài gāo le zhè nǐ dōu kàn bù shàng méi yǒu

眼光太高了 这你都看不上 没有

“You really have high standards. You don't even like her? No.”

《The Knockout》 S1·E35
TIMECODE: 13:21 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN wǒ shuō de shì wǒ pèi bù shàng rén jiā

“I mean I don't deserve her.”

yǎn guāng tài gāo le zhè nǐ dōu kàn bù shàng méi yǒu CURRENT FOCUS

眼光太高了 这你都 看不上 没有

“You really have high standards. You don't even like her? No.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN nǐ dào dǐ xiǎng zhǎo gè shén me yàng de ya

你到底想找个 什么样的呀

“What kind of girl do you like?”

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Scene: Social & Dating
Function: TEASING INTERROGATION
Tone: TEASING
Emotion: EXASPERATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“Stop pretending you're not good enough; you're just being too picky.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Matchmaking Pressure and 'High Standards'

In Chinese dating culture, peers and elders frequently scrutinize single people's standards (眼光), framing singlehood as a result of being unrealistically picky.

INTENT TAGS: #teasing #challenging #interrogating #dismissing_excuse
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 1 PARTICLES
眼光太高 SPOKEN CHUNK

having standards that are too high / being overly picky

Commonly used in dating and employment contexts to describe someone who is hard to please.

看不上 SPOKEN CHUNK

to look down upon / to consider not good enough

A very common colloquial expression indicating that someone or something fails to meet one's standards.

Modal Particle「了」 (le) CHANGE OF STATE

Emphasizes the excessive degree of high standards as an established realization.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

3 EXPR · 1 GRAMMAR
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