S2E10 | You Smell That? | 不知肉味
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/Term | Chinese | English/Meaning |
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Bù | 不 | 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 Shun | 舜 | one of the mythical Five Emperors |
Línzī | 临淄 | Capital of Qi |
Lúnyǔ | 论语 | the Analects of Confucius |
Lǔ | 鲁 | State in present day Shandong |
Master Kǒng, Kǒngzi | 孔子 | Confucius |
Qí | 齐 | neighboring state of Lu |
Qīng dynasty | 清朝 | The Qing Dynasty 1644-1911 |
Ròu | 肉 | meat |
Sháo | 韶乐 | An ancient music form of which Confucius was a big fan |
Shāndōng | 山东 | Coastal province in north China |
sān | 三 | Three |
Sān Yuè | 三月 | Three months |
wèi | 味 | the taste of something |
Wèi Rú Jī Lèi | 味如鸡肋 | Tastes like chicken ribs |
yuè | 月 | Month |
Yīgǔ Zuòqì | 一鼓作气 | From episode S2E08, give it all your got in one effort |
Zhī | 知 | to know, the verb |
Zhōu Dynasty | 周朝 | Ancient dynasty that ran from 1046-256 BCE |
Zībó | 淄博 | City in Shandong |