建华怎么可能看得上你 考上了
“How could Jianhua possibly take a liking to you? She got in!”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我们子玉是大学生 将来是要进城的
“Our Ziyu is a college student. She's going to move to the city in the future.”
建华 怎么可能 看得上 你 考上了
“How could Jianhua possibly take a liking to you? She got in!”
考上了 考上了
“Yeah, she got in. She got in.”
“Know your place; you are far beneath him now that he is a college student.”
Passing the university entrance exam historically marked an immense leap in social class and marriage desirability in China, justifying perceived superiority.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
how could it be possible / no way
Use this rhetorical phrase to express strong disbelief or dismiss someone's claim as impossible.
to think highly of / to fancy someone
Commonly used in dating and social comparisons to indicate whether someone deigns to accept another person.
passed the exam / got admitted
A standard spoken phrase celebrating passing a major competitive test, especially college entrance exams.
Marks the completion and newly achieved state of passing the entrance exam.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Why wouldn't he be? I'd say you're way out of his league.”
“You got into Huaqing on your own ability.”
“When they came to Qinghua District, they didn't ask for anything else, but only”
“Because of you, Jianhua can't even go to school.”
“If you hadn't shamelessly clung to me, I'd never have looked twice at”
“Congratulations on your promotion. Don't give me that.”