好像是我哪个旧相好
“I think she might be one of my former lovers.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我 我看那个小娘子的背影眼熟
“I... That lady's silhouette looked familiar to me.”
好像是 我 哪个 旧相好
“I think she might be one of my former lovers.”
不知是哪里的歌姬啊
“May I ask which house she works at?”
“She looks familiar—I wonder if she is another one of the pretty girls I used to fool around with.”
Terms like 'old flame' and references to female entertainers reflect the recreational nightlife culture of pre-modern urban China.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
old flame; former lover
A colloquial, slightly cheeky historical term referring to an ex-partner or past paramour.
seems to be; appears like
A common hedge used when making a visual guess or tentative claim.