我倒是头一回见
“That's a first for me.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
这从来只听说哥哥给妹妹提亲 这妹妹给哥哥提亲呢
“I've heard of brothers proposing for their sisters, but a sister proposing for her brother?”
我 倒是 头一回见
“That's a first for me.”
“Mrs. Lin, I'm always at your place anyway. I know it well.”
“You are breaking tradition by doing this, but I find it quite bold and amusing.”
In customary Chinese etiquette, formal marriage proposals were conducted strictly by parents, elders, or professional matchmakers, never by a younger sister.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
for the first time
A highly common northern spoken idiom equivalent to 第一回 or 第一次.
contrary to expectation; actually
Adverb used to signal an unexpected, novel, or contrastive situation.