Need help with English to Chinese (Mandarin) translation

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How do you say "you're beautiful" in Mandarin without sounding too weird? Example of what sounds too weird: 你是美丽的。 I mean, you wouldn't say that to a girl, would you?

Also, "you're very beautiful" is not an acceptable translation. Examples of unacceptable translations: 你 很/好/真 美丽/漂亮。

If you wanna know why, I've got this this Vietnamese friend who has a crush on a Chinese girl, who also happens to be my friend :p Not that there's anything wrong with telling her that she's *very* beautiful, but I was just wondering whether there's a concise Chinese expression to tell someone that they're [insert adjective] instead of [very + insert adjective].
 
你是一位天生丽质的小姐
:eek: Overkill!

By the way, in some parts of the Chinese-speaking community, 小姐 refers to prostitutes ;) 姑娘 might work better :p But that's for like 3000 years ago or something: 汝实乃倾城倾国之红颜哉!
 
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If I were to confess to a girl I have a crush on, I'd say something along the likes of 'chi shi, wo jue de ni zhen de hen mei' (Actually, I think you're really beautiful)
'zhen de' is optional, but I think it sounds better

Sorry I don't read/write Mandarin..:p
 
Umm. Spelling.

That aside, you still missed the point. It's not about confessing to a girl; it's about a concise Chinese expression to tell someone that they're [insert adjective] instead of [very + insert adjective].
 
Okay, so either nobody got the point, which is really frustrating :mad: or there really isn't any way to express that in Mandarin then :(

Closest thing I can think of in Cantonese is something like: 你都幾靚下。
 
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