Chinese Conversation 汉语对话 矫情 jiáoqinɡ

Beijing Dialect

 

Hypocritical

矫情

(jiáoqinɡ)

 

A: My grandma is so hypocritical, I can’t stand her!

我奶奶可真够矫情的,我受不了了!

(wǒ nǎinai kě zhēn ɡòu jiáoqinɡ de, wǒ shòubùliǎo le!)

 

B: What happened? I thought you have a happy family.

怎么了?我还以为你们家挺和睦的呢。

(zěnmele? wǒ hái yǐwéi nǐmen jiā tǐnɡ hémù de ne.)

 

A: If I suggest anything, she will turn it down and give a lot of ridiculous reasons.

我只要有什么提议,她就准反对,还拿出一大堆可笑的理由。

(wǒ zhīyào yǒu shénme tíyì, tā jiù zhǔn fǎnduì, hái náchū yí dàduī kěxiào de lǐyóu.)

 

B: Old people are like that.

老人们都这样。

(lǎorénmen dōu zhèyànɡ.) 

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