1. Good to eat and lazy to cook? [ hào chī lǎn zuò ]?
Explanation: Good: like, be greedy for. Greedy about eating and drinking, lazy about doing things.
From: Volume 2 of "Surprise at the First Moment" by Ling Shuchu of the Ming Dynasty: "Such a delicious and lazy whore will not wake up until the sun is high."
Example: and People in front of others blame him for not being able to live well and being lazy in doing things.
◎Chapter 1 of "A Dream of Red Mansions" by Cao Xueqin of the Qing Dynasty
Grammar: conjunction; used as predicate and object; has a derogatory connotation, describing a greedy mouth and a lazy body.
2. Saliva?[ chuí xián yù dī ]?
Explanation: saliva: saliva. He was so greedy that his saliva was dripping. Describes a very greedy look.
From: Tang Dynasty Liu Zongyuan's "Zhaohai Jiawen": "Salivating and squandering the afternoon."
Example: But in the eyes of a poor boy like me, I do feel that this is a large sum, and to be honest, it is indeed a bit salivating! ?
◎Zou Taofen's "Experience·Newspaper in the Slums"
Grammar: supplementary form; used as predicate, attributive, complement; has a derogatory meaning, referring to greedy people.
3. Clumsy mouth and clumsy tongue? [ bèn zuǐ zhuō shé ]?
Explanation: Clumsy: unlucky. Describes lack of eloquence and poor words.
From: Yang Shuo's "Oil City": "I am a clumsy person, so what can I talk about?"
Grammar: conjunction; used as a predicate; used in modest speeches .
4. Knock a rake backward? [ dào dǎ yī pá ]?
Explanation: Story of "Journey to the West": Zhu Bajie uses a nail rake as a weapon, and often defeats his opponents by turning around and hitting him with a rake. When you make a mistake, you not only refuse criticism from others, but also criticize the other person.
Example: It seems that they have colluded from top to bottom, and they are going to defeat each other.
Grammar: formal; used as a predicate; has a derogatory connotation.
5. Fat head and big ears? [ féi tóu dà ěr ]?
Explanation: A fat head with two big ears. Describes a fat body, and sometimes refers to a cute child.
From: Chapter 22 of "The Appearance of Officialdom" by Li Baojia of the Qing Dynasty: "Looks like he is seven or eight years old, but he is actually fat and big-eared."
Grammar: Union Formula; used as attributive and object; has a derogatory connotation.