四体不勤
“Lazy and useless.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
杀
“Kill him.”
四体不勤
“Lazy and useless.”
杀
“Kill him.”
“You are utterly useless and cannot even lift a finger to save yourself.”
Traditional Confucian culture revered intellectual cultivation but often faced critique for producing bookish scholars completely helpless in physical labor or combat.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
not used to manual labor; physically indolent or unaccustomed to physical toil
A classical idiom from the Analects often paired with 'incapable of distinguishing the five grains', used to criticize sheltered intellectuals who lack practical labor skills.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“That's because you're lazy, ignorant, inattentive,”
“Are you really that idle”
“We work so hard.”
“She is diligent,”
“He idled all day.”
“is quite lazy, though—”