张姑娘看起来不像是本地人
“Miss Zhang, you don't look like a local.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你也要注意你的分寸 不要让它不高兴
“You should mind your boundaries. Don't make it unhappy.”
张姑娘 看起来不像是 本地人
“Miss Zhang, you don't look like a local.”
来百乐京有什么事情吗
“What brings you to Bailejing?”
“Who are you really, and what brings an outsider like you here?”
Addressing an unmarried woman as '姑娘' coupled with indirect observations about her origin is a traditional, polite method to initiate inquiry without causing offense.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
does not look like / appears not to be
A polite, observational phrase used to make inferences about someone or something without sounding overly assertive.
local person / native
Used universally in Chinese to refer to residents native to a specific city or region.