却没有几个好人
“but there aren't many good people.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
挺好的地方
“It's a nice place,”
却 没有 几个 好人
“but there aren't many good people.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Locational bias and nostalgia for one's own hometown often lead Chinese speakers to sharply evaluate strangers and unfamiliar environments.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
yet there are none; but surprisingly lacks
Used to introduce a sharp, disappointing contrast against a positive premise.
hardly any; very few
A common colloquial quantification used to express scarcity, often with a negative connotation.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“There was no one else.”
“I always said Wang Zhong didn't look like a good guy.”
“didn't look like a good guy.”
“I'm not that kind-hearted.”
“Be a good person.”
“♪ Never mind fate dyes white crimson red ♪ are very few indeed.”