找凌奕凯这样的男人 不如不找男人
“It's better to stay single than date a man like Ling Yikai.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“I really don't get Zhao Lanxin. Why would she put herself through all that?”
找凌奕凯 这样 的男人 不如不找 男人
“It's better to stay single than date a man like Ling Yikai.”
“Because she's seen how Ling Yikai was when he was chasing you,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Among modern urban Chinese women, the traditional pressure to marry has shifted toward the view that a low-quality marriage is worse than staying proudly single (ning que wu lan).
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
dating/marrying a man like...
A common spoken phrase used to characterize a type of partner or potential spouse.
it's better not to... / one might as well not...
An emphatic comparative pattern used to express that total inaction is superior to a bad choice.
