就是一点没有刚性
“but he has no backbone at all.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
长相虽好
“is quite handsome,”
就是 一点 没有 刚性
“but he has no backbone at all.”
拜堂之时
“During the wedding ceremony,”
“He looks nice, but he is spineless and cannot protect a family.”
While good looks are appreciated, traditional Chinese matchmaking places greater premium on a man's fortitude and responsibility to shoulder family burdens.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
firmness; backbone; unyielding character
Colloquially applied to personal temperaments to indicate toughness, fortitude, and decisiveness.
completely lacking; not in the slightest
An emphatic negative pattern used to stress the complete absence of a quality or item.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“to say anything, but this just feels wrong.”
“A misjudgment”
“I can't get up at all.”
“doesn't hurt them at all.”
“I think there'd be a bit more flexibility now.”
“Not time to push. Don't”