Okay, so at Church today, I introduced my friend to my other friends Mom, and she's like, "Oh, you're so pretty, you look like a China doll," to my friend, and we're like what does that mean? Is that a compliment? Thanks♥
2007-09-09 11:58:46 · 11 answers · asked by Melissa♥ 6 in Beauty & Style ➔ Other - Beauty & Style
LOL...haven't heard that one in a while. It means that she looks perfect like flawless as a porcelain doll. Smooth skin , bright eyes, shiny hair like a doll.
2007-09-09 12:02:41 · answer #1 · answered by mem_76 2 · 6⤊ 0⤋
China Doll is what is known as a "back-handed compliment", lovely to look at, but not to be touched.
The original China Dolls are indeed beautiful, but are very fragile.
2007-09-09 19:34:37 · answer #2 · answered by Tom K 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'm guessing that's a compliment in reference to the China dolls that were something of a trend some years past.
Back then the impression of things Chinese was of elegance, beauty and mystique. (not cheap manufactured goods).
However it can be offensive, it can be stereotypical as saying someone looks foreign (Non Americanized) or as a sarcastic insult.
Although I think your friend's mom didn't mean it as an insult it can be an ignorant thing to say and you shouldn't make a habit of saying it. It's like making tacos for mexican house guests it can be with the best intentions but can make you seem awfully ignorant. Hope that helps
2007-09-09 19:07:54 · answer #3 · answered by kerr to u 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
china doll r usually unique so that's a compliment
2007-09-09 19:01:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are asian...maybe you should take it as a compliment..... a "doll" is always a compliment..... that means that you are a pretty woman...
2007-09-09 19:10:25 · answer #5 · answered by MICHAEL O 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Thats a compliment.. i guess.. i mean it sounds like your unique and you have smooth skin and your really pretty.
2007-09-09 19:09:32 · answer #6 · answered by ♥A&Fitch Babe♥ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i guess?
china doll just makes me think of someone really white
2007-09-09 19:01:58 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd take it as a compliment. It means that you have perfect, porcelain skin!
2007-09-09 19:02:07 · answer #8 · answered by megcapri1107 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Its a compliment.
2007-09-09 19:03:01 · answer #9 · answered by Rick R , Super Duper Samurai 侍 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's meant as a complement - that her appearance is so perfect, clear skin, neat hair, etc. But if the lady didn't bother treating your friend as an individual person, it is an ethnic stereotype.
2007-09-09 19:06:10 · answer #10 · answered by nanaverm 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋