Misfortune from our mouths 祸从口入──管住嘴巴
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ID: 4164
Intermediate
In this lesson, you’ll learn useful vocabulary for nuts, seafood, milk etc that’ll come handy especially for persons with food allergies. 祸从口入 means to encounter misfortune (or in this case) to fall ill when an allergic person eats the wrong food. As the saying goes be careful of what we put in our mouths!
HSK 4 - 出发 仔细 紧张 样子
HSK 5 - 海鲜 过敏 消化 毕竟 耽误
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| SIMPLIFIED | PINYIN | ENGLISH | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 口水直流 | kǒushuǐzhíliú | mouth watering | |
| 口福 | kǒufú | the luck to eat good food | |
| 忌口 | jìkǒu | abstain from certain food (as when ill); avoid certain foods; be on a diet | |
| 坚果 | jiānguǒ | nut |
明天就出发了想想你能吃到的那些美食我就口水直流
míngtiān 明天jiù 就chūfā 出发le 了xiǎng 想xiǎng 想nǐ 你néng 能chī 吃dào 到de 的nàxiē 那些měishí 美食wǒ 我jiù 就kǒushuǐzhíliú 口水直流
You’re leaving for your trip tomorrow, thinking about the good food you can eat makes me drool already.
中国菜是好吃我就怕我没有这个口福呀
Zhōngguó 中国cài 菜shì 是hǎochī 好吃wǒ 我jiù 就pà 怕wǒ 我méiyǒu 没有zhège 这个kǒufú 口福ya 呀
Chinese food is indeed tasty but I’m afraid I don’t have the good fortune to enjoy them.
你没病没痛的怎么会没口福呢
nǐ 你méi 没bìng 病méi 没tòng 痛de 的zěnme 怎么huì 会méi 没kǒufú 口福ne 呢
You’re not ill why wouldn’t you be able to eat the food?
是没生病可我也有忌口坚果和海鲜我吃不了牛奶也不能喝
shì 是méi 没shēngbìng 生病kě 可wǒ 我yě 也yǒu 有jìkǒu 忌口jiānguǒ 坚果hé 和hǎixiān 海鲜wǒ 我chī 吃bùliǎo 不了niúnǎi 牛奶yě 也bùnéng 不能hē 喝
I’m not I’ll but I have to abstain from nuts, seafood and I also cannot drink milk.
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