这瘦算什么优点啊
“What kind of advantage is that?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
瘦
“that I'm slender.”
这瘦 算什么优点 啊
“What kind of advantage is that?”
“Being thin is nothing to brag about, I actually wish I had more appetite or weight.”
While slimness is prized in modern Chinese aesthetic standards, dismissing compliments about one's body is a common way to maintain modesty and invite friendly banter.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
how can it count as; hardly qualifies as
A very common spoken rhetorical pattern used to downplay the significance or validity of something.
Softens the rhetorical question and adds an informal, conversational tone.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I'm sick of pork. You're so thin. Eat more.”
“She eats very little and has lost a lot of weight.”
“You did lose weight. Why did you become so thin?”
“No. I'm still over 100 jin.”
“have you lost weight?”
“He was so thin you could see his bones sticking out.”