与其让他们天天等着我喂
“instead of having them wait for me to feed them every day,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
但是后来一想
“But then I thought,”
与其 让他们 天天 等着我 喂
“instead of having them wait for me to feed them every day,”
不如给他们自己找出路
“it's better to let them find their own way out.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Using the act of feeding an infant to criticize dependent work habits highlights the traditional Chinese paternalistic dilemma between sheltering subordinates and teaching them self-sufficiency.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
rather than... it is better to...
A standard correlative structure used to weigh two options and endorse the second one.
to feed; to spoon-feed (metaphorically)
Used metaphorically to describe pampering subordinates or students by handing them solutions directly.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I've been too busy lately to feed her.”
“Hey, you arrived quite on time.”
“After my mom left, he didn't even make me food.”
“she pounces on me like a hungry tiger.”
“I can't let him go hungry.”
“he kept asking about”