不好的他看不上 这好的呢
“for someone "not good enough", and the "good ones"”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
可是他那个条件吧
“But he wouldn't settle”
不好 的他 看不上 这好的呢
“for someone "not good enough", and the "good ones"”
人家又看不上他 而且啊 他要找一个老实听话的
“wouldn't look at him twice. Plus, he insisted on someone quiet and obedient,”
“He's way too picky for his own good; someone out of his league wouldn't even look his way.”
Chinese dating culture places heavy emphasis on matching socioeconomic conditions; someone with modest status having exorbitant expectations is often a target of social gossip.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to look down upon; to think someone/something is beneath oneself
A frequent colloquial chunk used when describing dating preferences or disdain for inferior items.
Pauses on the topic of contrast, setting up an obvious rhetorical question or counterpoint.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“you should not look at how good they are in good times,”
“Isn't that inappropriate? What's inappropriate about it?”
“That wouldn't sit right with me. I'd feel terrible about it.”
“Since you find it boring, why are you still reading it?”
“Then why aren't you looking at me?”
“I might not want what you think is good.”