可生辰却对不上
“but the birth date doesn't match.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“that child does look a bit like you when you were young,”
可生辰却 对不上
“but the birth date doesn't match.”
是吗
“Is that so?”
“Don't get your hopes up just yet; the dates don't add up.”
In traditional China, exact birth dates and hours (Bazi) were essential legal and astrological proofs of bloodline and identity.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
birthday or birth date (formal/classical)
Use in period dramas or formal, traditional contexts instead of the modern '生日'.
do not match up; fail to correspond
A very common colloquial chunk used when comparing two sets of data, records, or stories that conflict.