没准以前见过 算什么新人
“Maybe you've met them before. How are they new?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“You should go out and meet new people. Aren't they all alumni?”
没准 以前 见过 算什么 新人
“Maybe you've met them before. How are they new?”
“There are always some you haven't met. There are always new people beyond the ones you know.”
“I do not feel like going out to socialize, so stop trying to set me up or make me mingle.”
Modern Chinese young adults frequently experience pressure from peers or family to attend alumni or singles mixers, often responding with cynical excuses to avoid superficial networking.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
probably, perhaps, maybe
A highly common northern colloquial adverb used to express likelihood or speculation.
hardly counts as, cannot be considered
A rhetorical phrase used to dismiss or downplay the importance or classification of something.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“How come we've never seen her before?”
“There are always some you haven't met. There are always new people beyond the ones you know.”
“Is that your new colleague? I haven't seen her before.”
“You should go out and meet new people.”
“Are you sure? No. Are you sure?”
“as if I'd never seen it before.”