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Lu -



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Sometimes I think I should have 哪里哪里stamped on my forehead

Slightly off-topic: I always (literary always) use 還差的遠啊 ('it's far from good'). Works
fine on the mainland as well, but in Taiwan it makes people almost fall over in awe. Maybe you can
give it a try when you get enough of the nali nali.



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gougou -



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in Taiwan it makes people almost fall over in awe

To stay off-topic: it has the same effect with Beijing cabbies.










imron -

Continuing off-topic: I typically use 跟你比还差点儿, which usually rates a laugh or two,
especially from anyone standing next to person who made the original comment.










billiardsmike -

Thanks for the suggestions. I egotistically thought that people laughed at me because I was so
clever in saying 哪里。However, my teacher told us today that this expression is about 20 years
out of date. I'll try your stand-bys.










adrianlondon -

Yeah, my 1970's Practical Chinese Reader is full of 哪里s and 还差得远呢s, but when I was
in Beijing I was told the correct response to praise is now simply 谢谢.










muyongshi -

Let's be fair and not forget the even more outdated 马马虎虎










imron -



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I was told the correct response to praise is now simply 谢谢.

The thing is, when people are commenting on how good my Chinese is (despite the reality), I don't
want to say thank you. Most of the time, what I really want to say is something along the lines of
stop patronising me, however that doesn't always go down particularly well. 跟你比还差点儿,
does a reasonably good job of conveying that sentiment, but does so in a light-hearted,
smart-alecky kind of way.










Qcash3 -



Quote:

Let's be fair and not forget the even more outdated 马马虎虎

When I was in high school my Chinese teacher swore by this phrase. When I first visited China in
2004 everyone laughed after I used this phrase, it wasn't until I returned to China in 2006 that I
figured why everyone was laughing at me . It seems that my teacher had not updated her lingo since
she came to the states 20+ years ago.....










adrianlondon -



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跟你比还差点儿

The grammar there is confusing me. Does it mean the same as 比你(还)差点儿.










muyongshi -

跟你相比还差得远

相比/比=比较












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