给那小白眼狼交了三年束脩
“They paid 3 years of tuition for that ingrate.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Mr. Zhao, what exactly were the expenses?”
给那小 白眼狼 交了三年束脩
“They paid 3 years of tuition for that ingrate.”
“One year alone costs 3 taels and 20 mace.”
“I wasted so much hard-earned money supporting an ungrateful brat.”
In traditional Chinese moral standards, receiving financial aid or educational sponsorship creates an immense moral debt that must be reciprocated with lifelong gratitude.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
ungrateful wretch; someone who repays kindness with malice
A highly emotive and common colloquial insult used to condemn someone who turned their back on their benefactor.
tuition; teacher's fee in traditional Chinese education
A classical term used in historical or period dramas to refer to tuition payment for tutors or private schools.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“had sent me an ungrateful wretch.”
“be bitten by the ungrateful wolf”
“the mother and son are the real ingrates”
“We are both ungrateful.”
“are nothing but ingrates.”
“Instead of ending up with an ingrate,”