How to say "你光压煤 不捅火" (nǐ guāng yā méi bù tǒng huǒ) in Chinese dialogue

nǐ你guāng光yā压méi煤 bù不tǒng捅huǒ火

You keep pressing the coal, not the fire.

Idioms & Colloquial Expressions
INTERACTIVE SCRIPT TIMELINE
LINE 0141:19
zhè méi zhǐ mào yān chéng shá le bù mào huǒ wǒ yǒu qiú ( shá ) bàn fǎ这煤只冒烟 成啥了 不冒火 我有球(啥)办法

“This coal only makes smoke. - What is this? - No flame at all. What can I do about it?”

LINE 0241:22
PLAYING SCENE
nǐ guāng yā méi bù tǒng huǒ你光压煤 不捅火

“You keep pressing the coal, not the fire.”

LINE 0341:24
nǎ ér lái de huǒ ma nǐ dé tǒng yī xià nǐ kàn哪儿来的火嘛 你得捅一下 你看

“How's it supposed to catch then? You need to poke it. See?”

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Source MediaTV Series
Season & EpisodeS1 E6
Timestamp41:22
TMDB ID284110 →