Intermediate - A Disgusting Man (C1893)

A:  这么早就回来啦!相亲怎么样啊?
zhème zǎo jiù huílai la! xiāngqīn zěnmeyàng a?
You’re back so early! How was your blind date?
B:  哎,这个更差。
ài, zhè ge gèng chà.
Ugh, this one was even worse.
A:  哦?快跟我说说有多差。
ò? kuài gēn wǒ shuō shuo yǒu duō chà.
Oh? Tell me about how bad he was.
B:  哎,我从没见过这么邋遢的男人。
āi, wǒ cóngméi jiàn guo zhème lāta de nánrén.
Argh, I've never seen such a slovenly man.
A:  怎么?脸没洗?牙没刷?
zěnme? liǎn méi xǐ? yá méi shuā?
Why? Did he not wash his face or brush his teeth?
B:  哼,胡子没刮,眼睛旁边还有眼屎,那个鼻毛哦,都长到鼻子外面来了。
hèng, húzi méi guā, yǎnjing pángbiān hái yǒu yǎnshǐ, nàge bímáo ò, dōu zhǎng dào bízi wàimian lái le.
Psh. He hadn't shaved and still had sleep in his eyes. His nosehairs were so long that they were actually coming out of his nose.
A:  啊?这么恶心!
ǎ? zhème ěxīn!
What? That's so disgusting!
B:  还有那个头,都是头皮屑!
háiyǒu nàge tóu, dōu shì tóupíxiè!
And that head of his... it was covered in dandruff!
A:  呃!
è!
Wow!
B:  牙齿上还有菜。
yáchǐ shàng hái yǒu cài.
He also had food in his teeth.
A:  真同情你!
zhēn tóngqíng nǐ!
I feel really sorry for you!

Key Vocabulary

jiùjust
相亲xiāngqīnblind date
gèngeven more
chàbad
从没cóngméinever before
邋遢lātadisheveled, slovenly
洗脸xǐliǎnto wash one's face
刷牙shuāyáto brush one's teeth
胡子húzibeard
guāto shave
旁边pángbiānside
眼屎yǎnshǐlacrimal fluid; 'eye gunk'
鼻毛bímáonose hair
dōuall
zhǎngto grow
鼻子bízinose
恶心ěxīndisgusting
头皮屑tóupíxièdandruff
牙齿yáchǐtooth
càifood
同情tóngqíngto feel sorry for

Supplementary Vocabulary

整齐zhěngqítidy
遇到yùdàoto encounter
耳屎érshǐearwax
鼻屎bíshǐmucus
狗屎gǒushǐdog poop
表面biǎomiànsurface
理解lǐjiěto understand
感受gǎnshòuto bear, to endure
心情xīnqíngmood
奇奇怪怪的qíqíguàiguài destrange
经历jīnglìexperience

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