好像也没比咱们强多少啊
“I don't think they're much better than us. One, two, three, four.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我看她们这样子
“Judging from how they look,”
好像 也 没比 咱们 强多少 啊
“I don't think they're much better than us. One, two, three, four.”
一二三四
“One, two, three, four.”
“They are really nothing special; we have no reason to feel intimidated.”
Chinese speakers often use casual comparative remarks to alleviate self-doubt and foster solidarity among group members when sizing up peers or rivals.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
it seems like; apparently
Used to soften an assertion or state an intuitive impression.
not much better than...
A common colloquial pattern used to dismiss someone's supposed superiority.
Softens the blunt assessment while inviting the listener's agreement.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“We're all tired after the match too. He didn't even pretend to care.”
“And their salary isn't much higher than ours, right?”
“I don't think we're likely to win.”
“Our province is quite big, then. No.”