就感觉见着他特别眼熟
“he looked quite familiar.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
但是昨天跟他吃饭的时候
“but when I had dinner with him yesterday,”
就 感觉 见着 他 特别眼熟
“he looked quite familiar.”
“He's got a common face. No, that's not it.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Dissecting first impressions after dinners or dates is an essential bonding ritual among close friends in contemporary Chinese society.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
looking very familiar
An indispensable everyday spoken chunk to indicate you feel you have seen someone's face before.
I just get the feeling that...
Frequently used as a sentence starter to introduce a subjective impression or gut feeling.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“why does she look familiar?”
“Why does he look so familiar?”
“look so familiar?”
“I think he looks familiar. Could he be a suspect?”
“You look a bit familiar.”