人心不足蛇吞象 那既然这样 你为什么不离开呢
“You can't satisfy an insatiable appetite. Given what happened, why didn't you leave that family?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
就是
“Exactly.”
人心不足蛇吞象 那 既然这样 你 为什么不离开 呢
“You can't satisfy an insatiable appetite. Given what happened, why didn't you leave that family?”
我初初为人
“By then, I had just taken human form”
“They are endlessly greedy and abusing you; it makes no sense for you to remain there.”
Chinese speakers frequently invoke well-known proverbs (like 'a snake swallowing an elephant') to quickly frame a complex human behavior into a universally acknowledged moral truth.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
a person's greed knows no bounds (literally: a snake trying to swallow an elephant)
A classic chengyu/proverb used to lament or criticize insatiable human desires.
since that is the case / in that case
A natural transition phrase used to draw a conclusion or question based on a premise just established.
Softens the rhetorical or open-ended question, adding a tone of gentle curiosity and concern.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Talk about biting off more than you can chew.”
“A man who's never content is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant—”
“Ambition is never satisfied!”
“- Greed never ends. - Your Majesty.”
“This is the Qing I envisioned!”
“Strike a snake at its vital spot.”