劳民伤财 谢妃
“wasting resources and burdening the people. Consort Xie,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
却要费尽心思
“we exhaust ourselves thinking,”
劳民伤财 谢妃
“wasting resources and burdening the people. Consort Xie,”
你准备了什么呀
“what have you prepared?”
“You are wasting resources just to show off, and I will not tolerate it.”
In traditional Chinese political philosophy, rulers and elites are heavily criticized for wasting resources that burden commoners, violating Confucian ideals of frugality and care for the people.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
waste manpower and money; be a drain on public resources
A common formal idiom used to criticize projects, policies, or actions that cause unnecessary public or organizational waste.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Waste of energy, maybe, but not money. Besides,”
“But since he hurt a few of the clerks, he's temporarily detained.”
“You need to pay for my lost wages. What's going on?”
“and nearly cost me my life.”
“while we've been staying”
“I've already done the work. Qian Fei, what's gotten into you?”