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Usage 1 - "features, appearance (zhǎng)":
Sentence:
他的长相和他妈妈一样。
English:
His features are the same as his mother’s.
Top-Down Words:
Sentence:
他这种长相很容易找到女朋友。
English:
With his looks, it will be easy for him to find a girlfriend / He is a good looking guy so it will be easy for him to find a girlfriend
Top-Down Words:
容易 róngyì - easy; likely; liable (to)
找到 zhǎodào - to find
*Sentence:
我觉得长相重要一点。
English:
I think looks are important.
I think appearance is important.
Top-Down Words:
觉得 juéde - to feel, to think
重要 zhòngyào - important
*Sentence:
长相是很重要。
English:
Looks are very important.
Top-Down Words:
重要 zhòngyào - important
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Abigail
What does 一点 mean in 我觉得长相重要一点?
MB Team
Here's the link to where Phil & Luke talked about this comment in the Mandarin Blueprint Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPDMXjP3T9k&t=930s
Micaela Ellison
长相是很重要。
Is it also correct to say: 长相很重要。I'm thinking 是 is for emphasis here, but then I'd expect the sentence to be: 长相是很重要的。
Mandarin Blueprint
This is a very important distinction between these three, here's a reply for you:
FAQ: What's the difference between 很 + Adj. || 是很 + Adj. || 是很 + Adj. + 的?
https://www.loom.com/share/2a8b3c9aeca94e47badbe5462bece4c8
Keith Travis
他的长相和他妈妈一样
His appearance and his mama's (are) similar.
他这种长相很容易找到女朋友
His type of appearance; likely (he) will find a girlfriend
我觉得长相重要一点
I think appearance is important: a bit.
Chris Lewis
In this sentence: 他这种长相, is 种 a measure word for looks because it's a type of thing?
Mandarin Blueprint
种 is a measure word for *all* "types." Anything that could be broken into categories potentially could have 种 as the measure word, but only if you're specifically referring to something's category and not the thing itself.
MB Team
This is where Luke and Phil talked about your question in the Mandarin Blueprint Podcast:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45KKuYfqHz0&t=4079s
Philip Dong😄
Hi Luke & Phil. in the sentence, 他的长相和他妈妈一样, would it be incorrect to write / say it as: 他的长相和他的妈妈一样 instead?
Thanks!
Philip
Mandarin Blueprint
Both are fine, although with relatives/friends the 的 is usually dropped in speech.
MB Team
This is where Luke and Phil talked about your question in the Mandarin Blueprint Podcast:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxJwckcRu8k&t=4149s