饭要一口口吃 路要一步步走
“(you eat rice one bite at a time.) (You walk the road step by step.)”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
费霓啊
“(Fei Ni,)”
饭要 一口口吃 路要 一步步走
“(you eat rice one bite at a time.) (You walk the road step by step.)”
自家碗里有几粒米 心里就没数吗 哥
“(Don't you know) (how much you can afford?) Ting,”
“You are getting way ahead of yourself; slow down before you ruin everything.”
A deeply rooted traditional Chinese philosophical tenet that success requires patience and incremental effort rather than impatient, overambitious leaps.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
mouthful by mouthful; bite by bite
Reduplication of the measure word indicating gradual, incremental progression.
step by step; gradually
Common reduplicated measure word used to emphasize steady, methodic pacing.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“As long as there is food, there is a way.”
“Give me a way out! I'll do anything!”
“Fine. I'll go make dinner.”
“Okay, let's eat while we wait. Come on.”
“After this meal, you should leave.”
“Here, take this for the road. Eat up.”