这种款式适合我吗？

Zhè zhǒng kuǎnshì shìhé wǒ ma?

Does This Style Suit Me?

Pattern 1

再……不过了

Expresses the absolute highest degree, equivalent to 'the most...' or 'couldn't be more...'. Followed by adjectives like suitable, good, or beautiful.

Examples

这种款式适合我吗？——再合适不过了！

Zhè zhǒng kuǎnshì shìhé wǒ ma? —— Zài héshì búguò le!

Does this style suit me? —— It couldn't be more suitable!

你能来再好不过了！

Nǐ néng lái zài hǎo búguò le!

It couldn't be better if you could come!

Pattern 2

不对劲儿

Colloquial idiom meaning 'abnormal', 'something is wrong/amiss', 'fishy'.

Examples

肯定有哪儿不对劲儿，可到底是哪儿不对劲儿？

Kěndìng yǒu nǎr bú duìjìnr, kě dàodǐ shì nǎr bú duìjìnr?

Something is definitely amiss, but what on earth is wrong?

今天小李有点儿不对劲儿，平常总是笑嘻嘻的，今天一点儿笑容都没有。

Jīntiān Xiǎo Lǐ yǒudiǎnr bú duìjìnr, píngcháng zǒngshì xiàoxīxī de, jīntiān yìdiǎnr xiàoróng dōu méiyǒu.

Xiao Li seems a bit off today; usually he's smiling, but today there isn't a smile on his face.

Pattern 3

不是……，就是……

1. Deductive dilemma ('either... or...'): one of the two must be true; 2. Exhaustive enumeration ('if not A, then B'): activities or choices are confined exclusively to these two options.

Examples

商店里的衣服对我来说一般只有两类：不是看不上，就是买不起。

Shāngdiàn lǐ de yīfu duì wǒ láishuō yìbān zhǐyǒu liǎng lèi: bú shì kàn bu shàng, jiù shì mǎi bu qǐ.

Clothes in shops generally fall into only two categories for me: either I don't like them, or I can't afford them.

他每天不是读书就是写文章，不干别的。

Tā měitiān bú shì dúshū jiù shì xiě wénzhāng, bù gàn biéde.

Every day he is either reading or writing articles, doing nothing else.

Pattern 4

看不上 / 看得上 / 看上

Evaluative idiom regarding aesthetic or emotional appraisal. '看不上' (look down upon, deem unworthy), '看得上' (consider worthy), '看上' (take a fancy to, fall for).

Examples

他看上了一位姑娘，可姑娘却没看上他。

Tā kànshàng le yí wèi gūniang, kě gūniang què méi kànshàng tā.

He took a liking to a girl, but she didn't fancy him in return.

人家那么有钱，看得上这种普通的房子吗？

Rénjiā nàme yǒuqián, kànde shàng zhè zhǒng pǔtōng de fángzi ma?

They are so wealthy; would they even look twice at such an ordinary house?

Pattern 5

一番

Verbal measure word indicating a prolonged process involving considerable effort or thought ('a round of...', 'a spell of...').

Examples

什么样的上衣跟什么样的裙子搭配，事先都要研究一番。

Shénmeyàng de shàngyī gēn shénmeyàng de qúnzi dāpèi, shìxiān dōu yào yánjiū yì fān.

What kind of top to match with what kind of skirt must be thoroughly researched in advance.

经过大家一番激烈的讨论，终于做出了最终决定。

Jīngguò dàjiā yì fān jīliè de tǎolùn, zhōngyú zuòchū le zuìzhōng juédìng.

After an intense round of discussion among everyone, a final decision was finally reached.