Chat attack
ice cream assassin (slang term for expensive ice cream) / 雪糕刺客 / (xuěɡāo cìkè)
A: How about we go buy some ice cream to cool off?
我们去买个雪糕解解暑吧？
(wǒmén qù mǎiɡè xuěɡāo jiějiěshǔ bā?)
B: I'd rather stick to the drinking water, I'm afraid of running into an "ice cream assassin."
我还是喝杯水吧,我害怕碰见"雪糕刺客"。
(wǒ háishì hēbēi shuǐ bā, wǒ hàipà pènɡjiàn "xuěɡāo cìkè".)
A: What's an ice cream assassin? I never heard of that.
什么是雪糕刺客呢？我从来没听说过。
(shénme shì xuěɡāo cìkè ne? wǒ cónɡlái méi tīnɡshuō ɡuò.)
B: Ice cream assassin is a current popular term. It refers to ice cream that looks very ordinary, but after you understand how costly the price is the surprise is alike being stabbed by a sword.
雪糕刺客是现在流行的一种说法。它指那些看起来很普通的雪糕,但当你了解到它们昂贵的价格后会十分震惊,像是被剑刺中了一样。
(xuěɡāo cìkè shì xiànzài liúxínɡ de yīzhǒnɡ shuōfǎ.tā zhǐ nàxiē kànqǐlái hěn pǔtōnɡ de xuěɡāo, dàn dānɡnǐ jiědào tāmén ánɡɡuì de jiàɡé hòu huì shífēn zhènjīnɡ, xiànɡshì bèi jiàn cìzhōnɡ le yīyànɡ.)
A: I think this type of sky-high priced ice cream phenomenon should be regulated.
我感觉这种天价雪糕的现象应该被管一管了。
(wǒ ɡǎnjué zhèzhǒnɡ tiānjià xuěɡāo de xiànxiànɡ yīnɡɡāi bèi ɡuǎnyīɡuǎn le.)
B: Right now, a lot of market regulators have started to investigate supermarkets and the like to see whether or not they are following the tag price or committing price fraud.
现在已有多地市场监管部门开始检查超市等商铺是否存在不按规定明码标价或价格欺诈等行为。
(xiànzài yǐyǒu duōdì shìchǎnɡ jiānɡuǎn bùmén kāishǐ jiǎnchá chāoshì děnɡ shānɡpù shìfǒu cúnzài bùàn ɡuīdìnɡ mínɡmǎbiāojià huò jiàɡé qīzhà děnɡ xínɡwéi.)
ice cream assassin (slang term for expensive ice cream) / 雪糕刺客 / (xuěɡāo cìkè)
A: How about we go buy some ice cream to cool off?
我们去买个雪糕解解暑吧？
(wǒmén qù mǎiɡè xuěɡāo jiějiěshǔ bā?)
B: I'd rather stick to the drinking water, I'm afraid of running into an "ice cream assassin."
我还是喝杯水吧,我害怕碰见"雪糕刺客"。
(wǒ háishì hēbēi shuǐ bā, wǒ hàipà pènɡjiàn "xuěɡāo cìkè".)
A: What's an ice cream assassin? I never heard of that.
什么是雪糕刺客呢？我从来没听说过。
(shénme shì xuěɡāo cìkè ne? wǒ cónɡlái méi tīnɡshuō ɡuò.)
B: Ice cream assassin is a current popular term. It refers to ice cream that looks very ordinary, but after you understand how costly the price is the surprise is alike being stabbed by a sword.
雪糕刺客是现在流行的一种说法。它指那些看起来很普通的雪糕,但当你了解到它们昂贵的价格后会十分震惊,像是被剑刺中了一样。
(xuěɡāo cìkè shì xiànzài liúxínɡ de yīzhǒnɡ shuōfǎ.tā zhǐ nàxiē kànqǐlái hěn pǔtōnɡ de xuěɡāo, dàn dānɡnǐ jiědào tāmén ánɡɡuì de jiàɡé hòu huì shífēn zhènjīnɡ, xiànɡshì bèi jiàn cìzhōnɡ le yīyànɡ.)
A: I think this type of sky-high priced ice cream phenomenon should be regulated.
我感觉这种天价雪糕的现象应该被管一管了。
(wǒ ɡǎnjué zhèzhǒnɡ tiānjià xuěɡāo de xiànxiànɡ yīnɡɡāi bèi ɡuǎnyīɡuǎn le.)
B: Right now, a lot of market regulators have started to investigate supermarkets and the like to see whether or not they are following the tag price or committing price fraud.
现在已有多地市场监管部门开始检查超市等商铺是否存在不按规定明码标价或价格欺诈等行为。
(xiànzài yǐyǒu duōdì shìchǎnɡ jiānɡuǎn bùmén kāishǐ jiǎnchá chāoshì děnɡ shānɡpù shìfǒu cúnzài bùàn ɡuīdìnɡ mínɡmǎbiāojià huò jiàɡé qīzhà děnɡ xínɡwéi.)
Illustration:Liu Xidan/GT
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