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| Processed by: | richwarm (2021-02-12 08:58:02 GMT) |
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<< review queue entry 66664 - submitted by 'vermillon' >> My literal gloss isn't really literal, but the Chinese sentence doesn't seem to render very well in English. https://zhidao.baidu.com/question/9046094 ------------------------------------------ Editor: 1) I have never heard the expression "drink the ocean and then call it salty". In fact, the only Google result for that phrase is a link to the "500 Chinese Proverbs" book. 2) Example: A Chinese student studying in the USA criticized China over its coronavirus response. She got doxxed by Chinese netizens, and posts such as the following were written about her: 对于端起碗来吃肉，放下筷子骂娘的许可馨，你怎么评价？ https://www.nanmuxuan.com/complex/tjttotswnm.html |
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# 端起碗吃肉，放下筷子罵娘 端起碗吃肉，放下筷子骂娘 [duan1 qi3 wan3 chi1 rou4 , fang4 xia4 kuai4 zi5 ma4 niang2] /after eating meat from the bowl, one puts down one's chopsticks and scold one's mother (idiom)/fig. to drink the ocean and then call it salty/ + 端起碗吃肉，放下筷子罵娘 端起碗吃肉，放下筷子骂娘 [duan1 qi3 wan3 chi1 rou4 , fang4 xia4 kuai4 zi5 ma4 niang2] /lit. to eat meat from one's bowl, then put down one's chopsticks and scold one's mother (idiom)/fig. to complain despite being privileged/to be ungrateful for what one has been given/ |