与其今后找个白眼狼
“Instead of ending up with an ingrate,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
与其 今后找个 白眼狼
“Instead of ending up with an ingrate,”
不如现在跟我走
“why not come with me now?”
“Other men will only hurt you; you should choose me instead.”
Rooted in folk zoology where a fierce wolf with exposed whites of the eyes symbolizes ruthless betrayal and ingratitude.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
rather than; instead of
Regularly paired with '不如' to establish a preference by deprecating the first option.
ungrateful person; backstabber
A widely used colloquial idiom denoting someone who turns on the person who supported them.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“We are both ungrateful.”
“had sent me an ungrateful wretch.”
“be bitten by the ungrateful wolf”
“You're not a weasel. You're an ungrateful brat. I'm not afraid of danger. I'm afraid of…”
“He's an ungrateful bastard.”
“you still side with that ingrate who betrayed you?”