连我都差点看走了眼
“Even I almost misjudged him.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
连我都 差点 看走了眼
“Even I almost misjudged him.”
我不过就是想
“I only wanted”
“You really fooled me, and I pride myself on never being fooled.”
In Chinese culture, having an accurate 'eye' (眼力) for judging people's integrity and ability is a prized social and leadership skill; admitting one almost misjudged is high praise for the other person's concealment.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to misjudge / to make an error in judgment
A very common colloquial expression used when you realize someone or something was completely different from your initial evaluation.
almost / nearly
Used before verbs to indicate that an undesirable event was narrowly avoided or barely took place.
Functions as a verbal change-of-state marker within the idiomatic chunk '看走了眼'.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You even kept it from me. That's not very nice.”
“Even I felt”
“but I never even saw Zigui one last time.”
“even I didn't realize”
“I'm the one who dragged you down.”
“I implicated you.”