Intermediate - Running into an Ex (C2420)

A: 彤彤,你猜我那天碰到谁了?
Tóngtong, nǐ cāi wǒ nà tiān pèngdào shéi le?
Tongtong, guess who I bumped into that day?
B: 谁?
shéi?
Who?
A: 我的前男友。
wǒde qián nányǒu.
My ex-boyfriend.
B: 真的吗?你有没有跟他说话?
zhēnde ma? nǐ yǒu méiyǒu gēn tā shuōhuà?
Really? Did you talk with him?
A: 没有。他和一个女的在一起。
méiyǒu. tā hé yī gè nǚde zài yīqǐ.
I didn't. He was with a girl.
B: 是破坏你们的那个小三吗?
shì pòhuài nǐmen de nà gè xiǎosān ma?
Was it that mistress of his who broke you up?
A: 不是,又换了一个。
bùshì, yòu huàn le yī gè.
No. He's changed to a new one.
B: 啊,他又劈腿了?那个女的怎么样?
ā, tā yòu pītuǐ le? nà gè nǚ de zěnmeyàng?
Huh? Is he two-timing again? What's that girl like?
A: 看起来挺漂亮的,不过好像整过容。
kànqǐlái tǐng piàoliang de, bùguò hǎoxiàng zhěngguoróng.
She looks very pretty, but it seems like she's had plastic surgery.
B: 他品位太差了。还好你跟他分手了。
tā pǐnwèi tài chà le. háihǎo nǐ gēn tā fēnshǒu le.
He's not such a good guy. Fortunately, you broke up with him.
A: 就是,我当时真是瞎了眼才和他在一起。
jiùshì, wǒ dāngshí zhēn shì xiā le yǎn cái hé tā zài yīqǐ.
For sure. At that time, I must have been blind to be with him.

Key Vocabulary

cāi to guess
碰到 pèngdào to bump into
qián before, former
破坏 pòhuài to destroy
小三 xiǎosān mistress, lover
huàn to change
劈腿 pītuǐ to two-time, see someone on the side
不过 bùguò but, however
品位 pǐnwèi taste, class
还好 háihǎo fortunately
分手 fēnshǒu to break up
当时 dāngshí at that time
xiā blind

Supplementary Vocabulary

前女友 qiánnǚyǒu ex-girlfriend
感情 gǎnqíng feeling, emotion
第三者 dìsānzhě third party
整容 zhěngróng cosmetic surgery
shǎ stupid, dumb

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