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《About Love》 S1·E7 (30:42) HSK 6
rén jiā de yǎn guāng tè bié gāo

人家的眼光特别高

“She's got really high standards.”

《About Love》 S1·E7
TIMECODE: 30:42 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN kě bú shì ma

可不是吗

“Exactly.”

rén jiā de yǎn guāng tè bié gāo CURRENT FOCUS

人家的 眼光特别高

“She's got really high standards.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN lián wǒ dōu kàn bù shàng

连我都看不上

“She didn't even give me a chance.”

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Scene: Social & Dating
Function: EVALUATING STANDARDS
Tone: TEASING
Emotion: AMUSEMENT
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“They are way too picky—even someone as great as me wasn't good enough for them.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Humorous Self-Deprecation in Courtship Gossiping

In Chinese social conversations about matchmaking, people often use their own rejection as humorous proof of another person's ridiculously high standards.

INTENT TAGS: #gossiping #teasing #characterizing #self_flattery
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
眼光高 SPOKEN CHUNK

having high standards or picky taste

Commonly used in dating or career contexts to describe someone who is very selective.

人家 SPOKEN CHUNK

they / that person / someone else

A colloquial third-person pronoun used to refer to someone in an informal, slightly intimate, or gossipy tone.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

2 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
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