这个米啊 可金贵了
“this rice is very precious.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我跟你说
“I tell you,”
这个 米啊 可 金贵 了
“this rice is very precious.”
“Do not waste a single bite—someone risked their life for this.”
In historical periods of famine or war in China, basic grains like rice were matter of life and death, instilling a deep cultural taboo against wasting food.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
extremely / so very
A common colloquial pattern used to intensify an adjective or emotional description.
precious and expensive
Used to describe items or persons that are rare, delicate, or highly treasured.
Softens the opening topic phrase and calls for the listener's immediate attention.
Completes the emphatic evaluative structure '可……了'.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I washed this rice three times. It's very clean, eat it.”
“I am not familiar with the rice trade.”
“You don't even have money to buy rice, do you?”
“If there's no rice, there's no rice.”
“Didn't you take my steamed rice cakes this morning?”
“This thing is precious.”