有三个 不如你漂亮
“Three of them are not as pretty as you.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
妈早就打听过了
“the other four girls.”
有三个 不如你漂亮
“Three of them are not as pretty as you.”
最漂亮的那个呢 没演过戏 没经验
“And the prettiest one has no experience in acting.”
“You have a major advantage over most of them, so believe in yourself.”
Chinese parents often actively meddle in or scout out competition in their children's career pursuits, using biased flattery to bolster their child's morale.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
not as good as; inferior to
A standard comparative pattern indicating that the subject is lower in rank, quality, or degree than the object.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You are more beautiful”
“Though none of you can compare to my looks,”
“he picked someone who was not as good as you. It just proved that you're destined to fail.”
“I'll never measure up to you in others' eyes.”
“You are the beautiful one.”
“you couldn't be any prettier.”