吃素的也喊 吃荤的也喊
“Neither plain food nor rich fare can ever please them.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“If they don't see meat in the bowl, they will start complaining.”
吃素 的也喊 吃荤 的也喊
“Neither plain food nor rich fare can ever please them.”
人 心里边就没有够的时候 够不够 那人不够嘛
“People never really feel satisfied inside. There's never enough people.”
“No matter what we give them, they will always find something to whine about.”
Reflects the common communal catering dilemma in China where catering to diverse demands is notoriously hard, often breeding endless complaints.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to eat vegetarian food
Standard phrase meaning to be on a meatless diet or eating vegetarian dishes.
to eat meat
Colloquial antonym to eating vegetarian, indicating consuming meat or non-vegetarian dishes.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“His breakfast and lunch are so plain.”
“- Eating veggies every day - Exactly. leaves us with no energy at all.”
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“We can eat meat. There's one guy here who doesn't eat meat.”
“Why is there no meat at all? The harvest wasn't good this year.”
“You are not allowed to have meat for lunch!”