反而我觉得 我像个姐姐 你像个弟弟
“Instead, I feel like I'm an elder sister and you're a little brother.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“It's that when I'm with you, I don't feel like we're dating at all.”
反而 我觉得 我 像个姐姐 你像个弟弟
“Instead, I feel like I'm an elder sister and you're a little brother.”
“You are older than me. Can you just let me finish?”
“You are too immature, and having to babysit you kills any romantic feelings I have.”
In Chinese relationships where the woman is older, there is often acute anxiety that the dynamic will devolve into maternal caretaking rather than mutual romantic attraction.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
on the contrary, I feel
Used to introduce a contrasting personal observation that counters an expectation or prior remark.
like a / resemble a
Used colloquially to compare a person's demeanor or dynamic to a specific archetype or role.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Logically, I should call you sister.”
“She was like a big sister and a big brother,”
“Seeing you is like seeing my sister.”
“And I'm not as good as my brother.”
“I know you were very close with your sister,”
“Xiaoxiao often says she likes me”