你长得很像我认识的一位故人
“You look very much like someone I once knew.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
姑娘
“Miss.”
你 长得很像我认识的 一位 故人
“You look very much like someone I once knew.”
她叫翠香
“Her name is Cuixiang.”
“You remind me so much of someone from my past, and I want to talk to you.”
Claiming that a stranger looks like an old acquaintance is a classic social icebreaker in traditional Chinese storytelling and drama.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
looks very similar to
A common structure used to compare appearances between two people or things.
old acquaintance / deceased or lost friend
A poetic or formal term referring to someone from one's past.