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人倍儿准

English translation: be able to read/observe people very/extremely well.

18:58 Nov 6, 2007

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Chinese term or phrase: 人倍儿准

不过还真别说，美国大老板的眼光就是贼，看人倍儿准，一出手就把这"十大华人经济学家"的头把交椅指定给了张五常

Thanks in advance!

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Local time: 04:32

English translation:be able to read/observe people very/extremely well.

Explanation:
‘倍’here means extra or very, '儿’is meaningless here, it is colloquial, and often used by people who live in beijing.

Selected response from:

bbpooh

Grading comment

Thanks everyone!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +2

really good at judging people

orientalhorizon

have a keen eye on people

ration

3 +1

be able to read/observe people very/extremely well.

bbpooh

keen sight on people

karcsy

3 +1

to read people terribly accurate

franksf

Answers

15 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

to read people terribly accurate

Explanation:
to read people terribly accurate

franksf
United States
Native speaker of:

English,

Chinese
PRO pts in category: 4

22 mins confidence:

看人倍儿准 keen sight on people

Explanation:
keen sight on a person's talent, character, etc.

karcsy
Philippines
Local time: 12:32
Native speaker of:

Chinese

29 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

看人倍儿准

be able to read/observe people very/extremely well.

Explanation:
‘倍’here means extra or very, '儿’is meaningless here, it is colloquial, and often used by people who live in beijing.

bbpooh
Native speaker of:

Chinese
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Thanks everyone!

7 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

看人倍儿准 really good at judging people

Explanation:
another suggestion. 眼光就是贼，看人倍儿准: have a keen eye, really good at jugding people. "看人": judge other people's capability, characters, etc, "倍儿准": very accurate.

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Note added at 7 hrs (2007-11-07 02:15:28 GMT)
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"倍儿" comes from slang in North China, especially Beijing, means "very, specially".

orientalhorizon
China
Local time: 12:32
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