StChris Posted January 28, 2014 at 08:49 AM Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 at 08:49 AM Short Scene 9: My Beautiful Teacher 我们无处安放的青春, Ep. 1, 00:05-00:41 http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTA2MDI4NTM2.html This is a short scene where a student reminisces about the crush he had on his teacher. It has a literary flavour to it, with lots of quite flowery descriptive language, which might come in handy when you meet the girl of your dreams.场景 chang3jing3 setting, scene步伐 bu4fa2 step没有丝毫的 si1hao2 not to have the slightest amount of (丝毫 means slightest degree/amount and usually used in the negative)偏差 pian1cha1 fault神态 shen2tai4 bearing, appearance带有 dai4you3 to have, possess馥郁 fu4yu4 sweetly scented芬芳 fen1fang1 fragrance决绝 jue2jue2 resolute, determined果断 guo3duan4 decisive读不懂 du2bu4dong4 unable to read (someone) - cool, I didn't know you could use "read" this way in Chinese too. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tianjin42 Posted January 31, 2014 at 02:59 PM Report Share Posted January 31, 2014 at 02:59 PM Useful as ever. I agree that it is good to know 读不懂 can be used in that manner but as well as reading someone, can it be said of a situation? For example - "I just can't read the situation". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StChris Posted February 28, 2014 at 10:18 AM Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 at 10:18 AM Hi Tianjin My teacher told me that you can't use it for a situation, only for people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gato Posted February 28, 2014 at 10:23 AM Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 at 10:23 AM For situations, you can use 看不懂. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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