端起碗吃肉,放下筷子骂娘

端起碗吃肉,放下筷子骂娘
duānwǎnchīròu,fàngxiàkuàiziniáng

lit. to eat meat from one's bowl, then put down one's chopsticks and scold one's mother (idiom)

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MEANING3 meanings

MEANING

  1. noun

    lit. to eat meat from one's bowl, then put down one's chopsticks and scold one's mother (idiom)

  2. adjective

    fig. to complain despite being privileged

    • He always picks up his bowl to eat meat, then puts down his chopsticks to curse.

  3. adjective

    to be ungrateful for what one has been given

    • He picked up his bowl to eat meat, put down his chopsticks and cursed, truly an ungrateful and disloyal person.

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Standing upright and straight from beginning to end is the meaning of the character 端.

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