本座不受嗟来之食
“I don't accept charity.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
给你喽
“Here.”
本座不受 嗟来之食
“I don't accept charity.”
装什么装？
“Drop the act.”
“Don't treat me like a beggar; I would rather starve than accept your disrespectful handout.”
Originating from the 'Book of Rites', this idiom praises the moral integrity of someone who preferred death by starvation over accepting food thrown to them in a demeaning way.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
refuse handouts given with contempt / refuse food offered insolently
A classical idiom used to declare high personal dignity and refusal to accept charity offered disrespectfully.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“No, thanks. I'm a vegetarian.”
“and must not remain.”
“There's no room for scum.”
“I would never sit idle and draw pay for nothing.”
“Till we're done!”
“without violating the pure precepts of Nanzhao Buddhism.”