她美得一塌糊涂

[HashiriKata]

Hi,

I came across this sentence "她美得一塌糊涂", which was translated as "She is cute as hell".

I wonder if the translation is correct and if the Chinese sentence sounds natural. " 一塌糊涂" is more like "into a complete mess", isn't it?

Thanks,

[Kenny同志]

In my opinion 美得一塌糊涂 has something in common with the expression帅得掉渣 which is intended to sound 风趣 or 搞笑 or to 调侃 someone.

You can also try 帅得掉渣 on Baidu.

[momoamw]

as far as i am concerned:

if u want to appreciate someone ,it can translated in this way :"she is awfully pretty.''

if u r ironic,it can translated in this way :"she is too pretty to appreciate.''

or "she is not pretty at all ,even ugly"

[miss_China_so_much]

帅得掉渣: someone is so handsome...his "hansomeness" is so full that it's actually "falling off...

Or, 帅得掉渣 is "copied" from 土得掉渣。。。I like my own language - it has so much fun!

[eatfastnoodle]

Yeah, your translation is correct. Though I think it's more generation Y talk than standard Mandarin. If you use it in your Chinese writing class, more traditional teachers probably will not appreciate it as much as the internet crowd does.

[skylee]

The Chinese sentence sounds natural. If someone is 美得一塌糊塗, then I would think that she is so beautiful that the viewer is enchanted in a 一塌糊塗 manner.

[HashiriKata]

Thank you all for very helpful replies. I'll just have to find out what 土得掉渣 means now!

she is so beautiful that the viewer is enchanted in a 一塌糊塗 manner.

Yes, I can imagine someone can be 美得令人糊涂!

多谢！

[ezshark]

hah:lol:, it's very strange to say "她美得一塌糊涂". in my opinion "一塌糊涂" is a disparaging

adverb.“帅得掉渣”is even more strange and this sentence is funny

[eatfastnoodle]

they're not necessarily disparaging per se. Though I do feel they're so over the top that whoever using them more often than not do so more for expressing sarcasm or comic effects than actual complimenting.

[HashiriKata]

Yes, I think there must be some intended humour in these expressions.

[studentyoung]

Yes, I think there must be some intended humour in these expressions.

你对得一塌糊涂, HashiriKata! / You're dead right, HashiriKata!

Cheers!

[Inkfish]

don't think there is any humor here. maybe it's because this word is widely used nowadays

but regarding 帥得掉渣, yes there is. it's newly introduced