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米

Mǐ / mǐ
HSK 2

English Meaning

(Mǐ) surname Mi | (mǐ) rice; meter (classifier)

Authentic Cinema Dialogue 3 CURATED EVIDENCE CLIPS
一米六怎么了 我碍着你了 碍着我了
HSK 2 00:02
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💡 INTENT:

“Stop judging my height; it's none of your business and you're getting on my nerves.”

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好好好 一米六 一米六

“All right, I'm 5 feet 3 inches tall.”

“So what? Is that bothering you? Yes.”

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我碍你什么了 ♫你是你是♫

“But how? ♫You are...you are♫”

《以家人之名》 · crisis_and_conflict
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就是巧妇难为无米之炊
HSK 2 00:01
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💡 INTENT:

“Don't blame me for the lack of progress; give me the budget or nothing will get done.”

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地

“but short on land.”

“We have no plot of land to build anything.”

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我们这个钱 投资

“We have the funds and investment,”

《小城大事》 · business_and_trade
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不当家不知柴米油盐贵 你是站着说话不腰疼
HSK 2 00:02
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💡 INTENT:

“It is easy for you to criticize when you are not the one paying the bills.”

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做了一盆 半盆喂猪了 没有肉 没有油 咋好吃呢

“We make a tub; half goes to the pigs. Without meat and oil, how could it be good?”

“You don't know costs till you run things. Easy for you to say.”

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手艺不行 别拉不出屎赖茅坑

“Your skills are off. Don't blame anything else.”

《主角》 · family_and_home
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