就是他蛮是我的菜
“Totally my type.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
其实周可杰年轻的时候真的蛮帅的耶
“Honestly, when Zhou Kejie was younger, he was actually really hot.”
就是他 蛮 是我的 菜
“Totally my type.”
我那时候怎么没有想过要勾引他呢？
“I don't know why I never tried to make a move back then.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Using '菜' (dish) to describe romantic interest reflects modern Mandarin colloquialism where romantic preferences are casually equated to personal culinary tastes.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to be my type; my cup of tea
A highly common colloquial slang expression used to describe romantic or physical attraction to someone.
quite; fairly
Very popular in Southern Chinese and Taiwanese Mandarin to soften or indicate a high degree of an attribute.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You're not his type.”
“She's not even my type.”
“did you save this food for me on purpose?”
“I am his weakness.”
“This is my best dish.”
“I was the one who gave him the idea.”