一个赛一个不讲理的
Does it mean 'one competition, one unreasonable' or 'one is more unreasonable than the one before'?
Does the word '的' important in sentence like this?
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Does it mean 'one competition, one unreasonable' or 'one is more unreasonable than the one before'?
Does the word '的' important in sentence like this?
赛 is the same as 比 in this case.
一个赛一个不讲理的
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一个比一个不讲理的
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一个比一个不讲理
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One is more unreasonable than another is.
The word '的' is not important, and can be removed.
一个赛一个不讲理的
赛 means 'more than / better than'
不讲理的 means 'someone who is unreasonable'
so 一个赛一个不讲理的 means 'those people are unreasonable, and the degree of unreasonable is more and more'
Here “赛” is “比得上”be comparable to;“胜” surpass, and not compare “比”. “一个赛一个不讲理的” The meaning is one person is rude and another is more rude than befor one.
The translation would be (as a clause, not full sentence):
"...each one more unreasonable than the next."
Since 赛 here means 比得上。