一副小肚鸡肠
“yet so petty and narrow-minded.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
一副 小肚鸡肠
“yet so petty and narrow-minded.”
这我听懂了啊 小肚鸡肠 你说我呢吧
“I understand that— "petty and narrow-minded"— you're talking about me, aren't you?”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Chinese cultural standards often contrast the ideal broad-minded gentleman against the petty, calculative person whose metaphorical belly lacks the capacity to tolerate differences.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
narrow-minded, petty, small-spirited
A highly common colloquial idiom used to condemn someone who holds petty grudges or lacks generosity.
a look of, a disposition of
When modifying personality traits or facial expressions, it emphasizes an overt outward manifestation.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Here's ham sausage.”
“(I'm not like those petty, small-minded men.)”
“and you're here eating a sausage?”
“This chicken's been pieced together.”
“but those soy-braised pork trotters.”
“It's like you can read my mind.”