不过他们那一茬吧
“But among their batch...”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“How do you know? It's just troupe gossip.”
不过他们 那一茬 吧
“But among their batch...”
“only Feng Xiaoxiao looked decent.”
“Honestly, almost none of that group are noteworthy.”
In Chinese work units or schools, grouping individuals by their recruitment 'batch' or generation is a standard way to assess talent and gossip.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
that batch / that crop of people (generation or cohort)
Colloquial northern expression originally referring to a crop harvest, metaphorically applied to a specific class or age group.
Softens the conversational transition and invites the listener's shared reflection or assent.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Most of them have already left.”
“Once this batch of students graduates,”
“What about those adults?”
“I think this group”
“But our group of people,”
“Maybe they'll come again in the future”