倒像是 我赶着要嫁给他似的
“As if I'm the one rushing to marry him.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“looks like. Why the rush?”
倒像是 我 赶着要嫁 给他似的
“As if I'm the one rushing to marry him.”
这说得没错
“That's right.”
“I do not want to look desperate or like I am chasing after him.”
In traditional Chinese matchmaking, appearing overly eager to marry lowers a woman's family status and dignity, so feigning detachment preserves social face.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
it rather seems as though / on the contrary it looks like
Use this structure to express a contrary, undesirable, or ironical appearance of a situation.
rushing to / eagerly hurrying to
Commonly used in spoken Chinese to critique someone doing something with unseemly haste or eagerness.
Functions as an auxiliary particle indicating resemblance, softening an analogy or comparison.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“it'll look like our family is eager to marry off daughters.”
“You look like you have something on your mind.”
“as if he's the heartbroken one.”
“but I act like an idiot.”
“Now, look at this mess. It's like I'm trying to force him to take responsibility.”
“And if they marry you, they will even get a house. You make me feel like I have no dignity.”