糟践粮食 天理不容
“Wasting food is a sin.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
凉了就糟践了 您喝不喝 不喝 您不喝 我喝
“It'll be a waste if it gets cold. Are you going to drink it? No. If you won't, I will.”
糟践粮食 天理不容
“Wasting food is a sin.”
我和我娘从苏北逃荒到上海
“[Wuhan] My mother and I fled from Northern Jiangsu to Shanghai”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Due to recurrent historical famines, wasting grain is framed not just as poor manners, but as a major moral violation.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to waste, ruin, or squander
Commonly used in spoken Chinese to criticize reckless or disrespectful wasting of food or resources.
intolerable to heaven; completely unacceptable by moral law
A four-character idiom used to denounce behavior seen as deeply immoral or unnatural.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You're wasting food.”
“It's a waste of food.”
“This is a waste of good grain.”
“takes the grain, and turns against us, Master?”
“Grain and fuel aren't contraband. Just beat them up.”
“- Oh no. - Something went wrong.”