心生忌妒 常拿话挑唆
“the villagers got jealous and often stirred up trouble with words.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
那些村民 瞧着他们家有个会法术 能劳动的媳妇
“Noticing that I was a diligent wife with magic powers,”
心生忌妒 常 拿话挑唆
“the villagers got jealous and often stirred up trouble with words.”
他们眼馋董永
“The family were envious of Dong Yong”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In tight-knit Chinese village societies, an individual suddenly gaining supernatural wealth or a magical spouse often provoked severe communal jealousy and sabotage.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to become jealous; harboring envy in one's heart
A literary yet common four-character expression used to describe jealousy arising internally.
to instigate or stir up trouble with words
Used in spoken Chinese to criticize someone deliberately sowing discord through gossip.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“and seeing how close she was to her son made you jealous,”
“She's been jealous of you since childhood She can't stand seeing you do well”