但他太胖了
“But he was too fat.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
但他太胖了
“But he was too fat.”
“I tried to shove him, but it was physically impossible because of his size.”
In close interpersonal disputes or informal accounts of a scuffle, physical attributes are often described bluntly without taboo.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
too fat; excessively heavy
Direct description of body weight, often used bluntly in spoken Chinese.
Functions with '太' (too) to express excessiveness.
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“He starts to act arrogant when he's praised.”
“But he has gone too far—”
“Maybe it's just too heavy for him.”
“He's too proud.”
“(Liu Situan, Guangsha Construction Co., Ltd.) That fat guy who looks like a bear,”
“If he's really that capable,”