一定要可怜可怜他 给他扔个仨瓜俩枣的
“please be kind, maybe spare him a little help.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
他就要离开我独自单飞了 以后大家再碰见他的时候
“he'll be on his own. If you run into him in the future,”
一定要 可怜 可怜他 给他扔个 仨瓜俩枣 的
“please be kind, maybe spare him a little help.”
来 谢谢大家
“Alright, thank you everyone.”
“He is going out on his own, so give the poor guy a little spare change if you see him.”
Close friends or colleagues in China frequently use mock disparagement and dramatic exaggeration instead of earnest praise to convey affection and well-wishes.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
a negligible sum of money; small change; peanuts
A highly colloquial northern Chinese idiom used to describe a trivial, negligible amount of money or resources.
have pity on; show some mercy to
Duplication of the verb softens the tone, often used dramatically or playfully to beg for sympathy.
Placed at the end of the clause to reinforce the descriptive assertion or give an informal, casual cadence.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I'll pity you till you feel that you don't need it anymore.”
“You are a pitiful person.”
“So pitiful.”
“can you pity me?”
“You poor thing. You're eating instant noodles again?”
“She is a pitiful person, and so are you.”