这叫玉蜀黍
“This is called maize,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
的确没吃过
“Indeed, we haven't.”
这叫 玉蜀黍
“This is called maize,”
也叫金穗
“also known as Golden Tassel.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
When foreign crops entered China during the Ming and Qing dynasties, they received poetic or classical names like 玉蜀黍 ('jade sorghum') before simpler vernacular terms became widespread.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
this is called...
A fundamental conversational formula used to introduce the name or label of an object or concept.
maize; corn
The formal, classical, or regional historical term for corn, known more colloquially as 玉米 in modern standard Mandarin.