她根本就不是我的菜
“She's not even my type.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
对 你们说的对
“Yeah, you're right.”
她 根本就不是我 的 菜
“She's not even my type.”
一个怪咖
“Total freak.”
“Stop assuming I like her; she is totally outside of my standards.”
Modern Chinese pop culture extensively uses culinary metaphors like '菜' (dish) to refer to one's specific aesthetic or romantic type.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
is simply not; is not at all
An emphatic negation pattern used to shut down rumors, assumptions, or doubts.
not my type
A very popular modern colloquial metaphor adopted directly to describe personal dating preferences.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“She's not my girlfriend at all.”
“You're definitely not my mother.”
“You're not his type.”
“She's not my girlfriend.”
“She's not my girlfriend at all. I don't have a girlfriend.”
“he wasn't even human.”