这人很懒 不肯倒垃圾
“He's so lazy and he won't even take out the trash.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
姓黄 我好像记得你说过 什么李某某什么的
“Huang? I could've sworn you told me it was someone named Li...”
这人很懒 不肯 倒垃圾
“He's so lazy and he won't even take out the trash.”
“I really did remember it wrong? Your memory's not what it used to be.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese domestic conversations, daily chores like taking out garbage are often used as direct benchmarks to evaluate someone's character and diligence.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to take out the trash
Standard daily chore collocation in Mandarin.
unwilling to; refuses to
Used to describe an active, stubborn refusal to do something reasonable.
