不当家不知柴米油盐贵 你是站着说话不腰疼
“You don't know costs till you run things. Easy for you to say.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
做了一盆 半盆喂猪了 没有肉 没有油 咋好吃呢
“We make a tub; half goes to the pigs. Without meat and oil, how could it be good?”
不当家不知柴米油盐贵 你是 站着说话不腰疼
“You don't know costs till you run things. Easy for you to say.”
“Your skills are off. Don't blame anything else.”
“It is easy for you to criticize when you are not the one paying the bills.”
Firewood, rice, oil, and salt embody the mundane realities of domestic life in traditional Chinese culture, often invoked to emphasize financial hardship.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
you don't know the cost of living until you manage the household yourself
A standard proverb used to counter criticism about budgeting or running a home.
it is easy to talk when one does not have to do the hard work; armchair critic
A very common colloquial expression to accuse someone of making irresponsible, easy critiques from a safe position.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“you don't know the cost of living.”
“You don't run the house, so you don't know the cost.”
“Sister-in-law, you don't know the cost of living because you're not the mistress of the house.”
“Life is just the daily grind.”
“all we worried about every day was daily necessities.”
“No decent firewood, food, or seasoning. How can we help ourselves?”