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相亲 Arranged Blind Dates

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ID: 2833 Advanced
找对象的方法有许多种，你知道几种？又试过几种呢？其实有种由来已久且老一辈十分相信的办法，就是相亲，有时儿女不急着结婚，倒是家里的叔伯阿姨等长辈急得要命，就会给安排相亲了，听听两代人对相亲有什么不同的看法吧。 Photo by al fernandez
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何止 hézhǐ is not just that
仅仅 jǐnjǐn only
落实 luòshí to implement
相亲 xiāngqīn a date arranged by a matchmaker between a man and a woman from two families of similar social status
小陈最近家人还在催着你结婚吗
xiǎo 小Chén 陈zuìjìn 最近jiārén 家人háizài 还在cuī 催zhe 着nǐ 你jiéhūn 结婚ma 吗
Xiao Chen, is your family still pressuring you to get married?
何止是催婚现在干脆逼婚了所以这种催促不仅仅只是表现在口头上现在也开始落实到行动上了
hézhǐ 何止shì 是cuī 催hūn 婚xiànzài 现在gāncuì 干脆bīhūn 逼婚le 了suǒyǐ 所以zhèzhǒng 这种cuīcù 催促bùjǐnjǐn 不仅仅zhǐshì 只是biǎoxiàn 表现zài 在kǒutóu 口头shàng 上xiànzài 现在yě 也kāishǐ 开始luòshí 落实dào 到xíngdòng 行动shàng 上le 了
It's not just pressuring me to get married, it's more like directly forcing me to get married. They're not pressuring with just words, now they've started to take direct action.
落实到行动这什么意思
luòshí 落实dào 到xíngdòng 行动zhè 这shénme 什么yìsi 意思
Take direct action? What do you mean by that?
现在他们开始请人帮我介绍结婚对象让我去相亲了
xiànzài 现在tāmen 他们kāishǐ 开始qǐng rén 请人bāng 帮wǒ 我jièshào 介绍jiéhūn 结婚duìxiàng 对象ràng 让wǒ 我qù 去xiàngqīn 相亲le 了
Now they've started to ask people to introduce marriage prospects for me, to get me to go on family-arranged dates.
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