使点劲 别跟没吃饭一样
“Harder. Don't act like you haven't eaten.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
他回老家了
“He went back to his hometown.”
使点劲 别跟 没吃饭一样
“Harder. Don't act like you haven't eaten.”
带了点夜宵
“I brought some food.”
“Put your back into it; you look totally feeble.”
In Chinese daily culture, eating rice/food is directly equated with having physical energy, making 'like you haven't eaten' the classic reprimand for sluggish effort.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
put some effort into it / use more muscle
Colloquial command used when asking someone to push, pull, or apply more physical force.
as if you haven't eaten anything
A very common idiomatic exaggeration teasing or scolding someone for displaying weak physical strength.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Lightly! Don't do that.”
“That's the vibe we want. That's it.”
“you can still do it with some effort.”
“Eat as much as we can now, and give it everything we've got on the field later.”
“They lack that energy. Come give us that energy.”
“you need to learn to channel that energy in the right direction.”