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ID: 3052 Advanced
旅游前你一定会对旅行的目的地做一番调查，有了充足的知识了解才感到旅行真正有意义吗？出国旅游的能力一定要搭配上知识文化才不显得精神贫乏吗？或者，那也只是另一种人与人之间互相比较的炫耀心态，炫耀金钱已经不够，还需要炫耀自己的知识层级，听听今天对话里的人怎么引经据典来展开一场唇枪舌战。
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万卷书 wànjuànshū ten thousand books
话不投机 huàùtóujī to see eye to eye on things
酸文人 suān wénrén decrepit scholars
仓廪 cānglǐn granary
新年假期有没有趁机旅行一趟都说读万卷书不如行万里路是吧
xīnnián 新年jiàqī 假期yǒumeiyǒu 有没有chènjī 趁机lǚxíng 旅行yī 一tāng 趟dōu 都shuō 说dú 读wàn 万juǎn 卷shū 书bùrú 不如xíng 行wàn 万lǐ 里lù 路shì ba 是吧
Did you take advantage of the New Year's holiday to go travelling? They do say "travelling 10,000 miles is better than reading 10,000 books", no?
呵呵没有知识累积的前提下行万里路也不过是个邮差罢了
hēhē 呵呵méiyǒu 没有zhīshi 知识lěijī 累积de 的qiántí 前提xià 下xíng 行wàn 万lǐ 里lù 路yě 也bùguò 不过shì 是gè 个yóuchāi 邮差bàle 罢了
Ha ha, if you haven't accumulated any knowledge, then travelling 10,000 miles means you're nothing more than a postal worker.
哎和你讲话真是话不投机半句多邮差怎么了行万里路的邮差也比一个读了圣贤书却不懂得人情世故的酸文人强
āi 哎hé 和nǐ 你jiǎnghuà 讲话zhēn 真shì 是huà 话bù 不tóujī 投机bàn 半jù 句duō 多yóuchāi 邮差zěnmele 怎么了xíng 行wàn 万lǐ 里lù 路de 的yóuchāi 邮差yě 也bǐ 比yī 一gè 个dú 读le 了shèngxiánshū 圣贤书quèbù 却不dǒngde 懂得rénqíng 人情shìgù 世故de 的suānwénrén 酸文人qiáng 强
Agh! We really can't see eye to eye on much. What's wrong with postal workers? They would also be better off after travelling 10,000 miles than being fusty old scholars who have read the classics but don't understand the ways of the world.
话可不能这么说啊仓廪实而知礼节衣食足而知荣辱物质条件丰沛了就应该开始培养知识文化素质光是会花钱买机票有啥意义
huà 话kě 可bùnéng 不能zhèmeshuō 这么说ā 啊cānglǐn 仓廪shí 实ér 而zhī 知lǐjié 礼节yīshí 衣食zú 足ér 而zhī 知róngrǔ 荣辱wùzhì 物质tiáojiàn 条件fēngpèi 丰沛le 了jiù 就yīnggāi 应该kāishǐ 开始péiyǎng 培养zhīshi 知识wénhuà 文化sùzhì 素质guāngshì 光是huì 会huāqián 花钱mǎi 买jīpiào 机票yǒu 有shá 啥yìyì 意义
I don't really think that's fair. The saying goes, "It's only when the granary is full that you can come to understand etiquette, and when you have food to eat and clothes on your back that you know the difference between honor and shame." When you have abundant material resources, you should start to accumulate wisdom, become civilized and more classy. Just having the money to buy airplane tickets doesn't mean anything.
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