With a nose and eyes

Author: Liu Yida
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: Who is the true Beijing person? Is the siheyuan culture outdated? First be a grandson, then be a father-in-law, the legends of old brands, how to find a job. Decent face but smelly armpits, collecting when demolition is hot, the birds of Beijing people, why are they so loud. People can't be died of urine. "Home-cooked dishes" too much will go bad, who will still say traditional storytelling. Are Beijing people lazy? Won a "Sonata" for 99 yuan. From a troublemaker to a Tsinghua scholar, fighting with disinfectant. With a nose and eyes, it's an adjective in Beijing dialect. When talking about something, if it's well-grounded, people often say the person speaks with a nose and eyes. Maybe because among a person's "five senses," the nose and eyes are more prominent and important, so there's such an adjective. However, in Beijing people's spoken language, the word often carries a negative connotation. For example, Beijing people often use the phrase: "Don't look like he speaks with a nose and eyes, but he actually omitted the following words." "Actually what?" Don't say it, naturally it's without a nose and eyes, meaning it's not the case at all. The subtlety of Beijing dialect lies here. With a nose and eyes means it's real and well-grounded. Actually, this sentence is quite thought-provoking. In real life, many things that seem well-grounded aren't necessarily true and accurate.