S2E10 | You Smell That? | 不知肉味

 
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Saying: “Can't tell the fragrance of meat”
Pinyin: Bù Zhī Ròu Wèi
Chinese: 不知肉味

 

In the CSP Season 2 finale, Laszlo picks out a good one featuring China’s most famous person from ancient times. Today with our smart phone-obsessed lifestyles you can say we too sometimes don’t notice the smell of meat.


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Terms in Episode

Pinyin/TermChineseEnglish/Meaning
no or not
Bù Zhī Ròu Wèi不知肉味Can't tell the fragrance of meat
Bùzhī不知don’t know
chéngyǔ成语Saying, idiom
Chūnqiú春秋Spring and Autumn Period
Emperor Shunone of the mythical Five Emperors
Línzī临淄Capital of Qi
Lúnyǔ论语the Analects of Confucius
State in present day Shandong
Master Kǒng, Kǒngzi孔子Confucius
neighboring state of Lu
Qīng dynasty清朝The Qing Dynasty 1644-1911
Ròumeat
Sháo韶乐An ancient music form of which Confucius was a big fan
Shāndōng山东Coastal province in north China
sānThree
Sān Yuè三月Three months
wèithe taste of something
Wèi Rú Jī Lèi味如鸡肋Tastes like chicken ribs
yuèMonth
Yīgǔ Zuòqì一鼓作气From episode S2E08, give it all your got in one effort
Zhīto know, the verb
Zhōu Dynasty周朝Ancient dynasty that ran from 1046-256 BCE
Zībó淄博City in Shandong

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