多张嘴吃饭的事儿
“Just a few more mouths to feed.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
也是一方百姓的庇护所呀
“is also a refuge for the local people.”
多张嘴吃饭 的事 儿
“Just a few more mouths to feed.”
不值一提
“It's nothing.”
“Don't overthink this or feel obligated; feeding you is nothing worth mentioning.”
Chinese culture values modest benefactors who trivialize their own good deeds so the recipient does not carry a heavy psychological burden of gratitude.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
an extra mouth to feed
Used colloquially to frame supporting someone in modest, practical daily terms.
a matter of...
Appended to nouns or short verb phrases in northern spoken Mandarin to define a situation casually.