刚学会爬你就想飞啊
“Aren't you asking too much too fast?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“You just got assigned a unit, and you're already eyeing a TV?”
刚学会爬 你 就想 飞啊
“Aren't you asking too much too fast?”
不是
“No.”
“Don't run before you can walk; you're being way too greedy too soon.”
In planned-economy era China, big-ticket domestic goods like housing and television sets were heavily rationed, making rapid accumulation seem overly audacious or unrealistic.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
trying to run before one can walk; being overly ambitious too soon
Use this colloquial idiom to playfully chide someone who tries advanced tasks before mastering the fundamentals.
Softens the rhetorical question while adding a lively, teasing emphasis.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I really can't make it up there.”
“He's no longer the little sparrow”
“You're not actually thinking of flying...”
“you'll get to rise in status along with her?”
“You keep climbing higher and higher.”
“and take you and the baby”