嫉妒是一把刀 有时候伤害的是别人
“Jealousy is a knife— sometimes it hurts others,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
请拿出数学课本 今天上数学课 好吧
“Please take out your math textbooks. Let's begin today's lesson.”
嫉妒是一把刀 有时候 伤害的是 别人
“Jealousy is a knife— sometimes it hurts others,”
“and sometimes it hurts the one holding it.”
“Pay attention to your heart, because harboring jealousy will ultimately hurt you as well.”
Teachers in Chinese culture often adopt a parental, moral guidance role (师道尊严), using proverbs and vivid metaphors to instruct students on character building.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
a double-edged metaphor, literally 'a knife'
Often used metaphorically in Chinese to depict destructive emotions, harsh words, or perilous situations.
what gets hurt is...
A cleft-like emphatic construction (是...的) used to focus on the target or victim of an action.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“This stab can't take my life.”
“That's using a sledgehammer to crack a nut.”
“It's very mature of you to hold back the most hurtful words”
“it shouldn't be enough to make them want me dead.”
“I would never mistake blade wounds.”
“- Go on. - Using a sword to kill a flea?”