硕鼠硕鼠
“"Big rats, big rats,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
唯有烂泥
“only mire and filth.”
硕鼠硕鼠
“"Big rats, big rats,”
无食我黍
“stop eating our grain."”
“You greedy parasites have fattened yourselves on our hard work.”
Quoting 'Shuo Shu' from the Book of Songs is a traditional literati way of venting political outrage against predatory elites without resorting to vulgar curses.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
big rat, big rat (metaphor for greedy, corrupt exploiters)
An allusion to the classic poem 'Shuo Shu' from the Book of Songs (Shijing), used to decry predatory greed.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Little mouse. You weasels all come in packs. You got names?”
“You idiot weasel.”
“Jiale told me this kind of hamster is quite expensive.”
“I was just a lab rat raised by the Sima family,”
“little brats!”
“He's possessed or something.”