平时瞧不上人家
“You always looked down on her.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
平时 瞧不上人家
“You always looked down on her.”
“Now, she's a success. Are you jealous?”
“You used to look down on them, and now you are just bitter because they made it.”
Calling out someone's hidden envy when an underdog rises above expectations is a common way Chinese peers tease each other about pettiness.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to look down upon; to despise
A very common spoken idiom used to express disdain or condescension toward someone or something.
others; that person (referring to a specific third party)
Frequently used in spoken Chinese to refer to someone else in a teasing or comparative context.