《Coroner's Diary》 S1·E18 (20:23)
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yǎng dé tā wèi kǒu yuè lái yuè dà
养得她胃口越来越大
“it only made her more greedy.”
《Coroner's Diary》
S1·E18
TIMECODE: 20:23
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THE DIALOGUE REEL
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN
bǐ rén niàn tā shēng huó bù yì duì tā shí yǒu zhào fú kě shuí xiǎng
鄙人念她生活不易 对她时有照拂 可谁想
“I took pity on her and offered her some help from time to time, but unexpectedly,”
yǎng dé tā wèi kǒu yuè lái yuè dà
CURRENT FOCUS
养得她 胃口越来越大
“it only made her more greedy.”
[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN
zuó rì tā jū rán tí chū yòng shuāng qīng bān huàn wǒ shí fāng kè zhàn sān chéng gān gǔ
昨日她居然提出用双清班 换我十方客栈三成干股
“Yesterday she actually demanded 30% shares of my Shifang Inn in exchange for Shuangqing Troupe.”
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FRUSTRATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)
“I was only trying to be generous, but she is utterly insatiable.”
💡 Cultural Insight: Appetite as Ambition (Wei Kou)
In Chinese metaphor, stomach appetite ('wei kou') is routinely applied to commercial, political, or material ambition.
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#criticizing
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#expressing_resentment
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胃口越来越大
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becoming more and more greedy; growing appetite/ambition
A metaphorical idiom used to criticize someone whose demands or financial desires keep expanding unreasonably.
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