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【来源龙腾网】 评论翻译： Damien Defranco So one thing to know about Chinese food culture is that using chopsticks to give food to another person is very common. Not all of China, but most. 关于中国的饮食文化，需要了解的一件事是，用筷子给别人夹菜是非常普遍的现象。虽然不是整个中国都这样，但在大部分地区都是如此。 I remember back in 2010 when I went from Shanghai (Pu Dong Airport) to Yiwu, it was like a 10 or so hour bus ride And the bus made 6 stops to get new people and drop people off. About half way through the trip, around dinner, the bus stopped at a highway restaurant. 我记得在2010年，当我从上海浦东机场去义乌时，坐了十个小时左右的大巴。大巴停了6站，中间让新乘客上车，让其他人下车。大约旅行到一半的路程，在吃晚饭的时候，巴士在一家高速公路上的餐厅停了下来。 Everyone on the bus gets off, it was a 70 minute stop. Some people stayed on the bus, some just went to the washroom, the rest, like myself went into the restaurant.Many of these people were strangers, but we all ate together. 8–10 people per round table, our bus had about 18 people that went inside. I ate with the driver and the other bus staff at their table. They were quite interested in me as a foreigner visiting China.Our table had about 6 dishes + rice, and we used common (shared) chopsticks to share food. And everyone was putting food in my bowl at the same time they served themselves.It was quite a first experience for me. Now I’m used to it. 公交车上的每个人都下了车，大约停留了70分钟的时间。有些人留在车上，有些人去了洗手间，其余的人像我一样走进了餐厅，这些人很多都是陌生人，但我们吃饭都是一起的。每张圆桌8-10个人，我们的大巴大约有18个人进去。我和司机和其他公交车工作人员一起坐在他们的餐桌旁用餐。他们对我这个来中国旅游的外国人很感兴趣。我们的桌子上大约有6道菜，加上米饭，我们用共同的筷子分享食物。每个人都一边吃，一边把菜夹进我的碗里。这对我来说是第一次体验。现在我已经习惯了。 原创翻译：龙腾网 http://www. 翻译：Rainslw 转载请注明出处 There are many reasons for it.One thing to note is that it’s a very nice gesture for someone to put food in your rice bowl for you. As part of the Chinese culture, everyone is usually accepting of it and it’s something done since birth. No one minds.When eating in Chinese culture, mostly everyone eats from the same dishes. Everyone had their own rice bowl, or eating bowl, but everyone shares the same dish plate. (example my pictures below) 原因有很多，需要注意的一点是，有人把菜夹到你的饭碗里，是一种非常友好的姿态。作为中国文化的一部分，这通常是每个人都接受的行为，而且是从生下来就一直在发生的事情，没人介意。在中国用餐时，大多数人吃的都是同一道菜。每个人都有自己的饭碗，或者说吃碗，但每个人都共享同一个菜盘。 One other reason to do it is so you are not reaching across the table over other dishes to get food. If it’s too far, someone directly to the side may help you or you can even lift your rice bowl and meet the other person half way. It’s just easier and more convenient if your table doesn’t have a spin thingy. 夹菜的另一个原因是，这样你就不用把膀子伸到桌对面，去夹其他的菜。如果太远了，坐在菜旁边的人可能会帮你，或者你甚至可以举起你的饭碗，伸过去接他人的菜。如果你的桌子没有转盘的话，这是个更简单方便的办法。 If someone respects you (as a foreigner), they’ll give you a better piece of food if they come across it. As a foreigner in China, mostly everyone I know always gave me the best cuts of meat. If there was a piece of chicken with no skin, no bone, just a huge breast-meat cut, that would always end up in my bowl. 如果有人表达对你的尊敬(作为外宾)，他们会夹给你更好的菜。作为一个在中国的外国人，我认识的大多数人总是给我夹最好的切肉。如果有一块鸡肉没有皮，没有骨头，只有一块切开的巨大胸肉，那最后总是会出现在我的碗里。 If you are of eastern culture yourself, someone else may give you the best piece of duck meat with the perfect amount of duck fat and crispy duck skin on it.It’s very polite in Chinese culture to give someone else the better food.I find it especially more common when eating hotpot. To make sure things don’t get overcooked, you want to take it out at the right time, so its easier to give to other people so you don’t hog all the foods. 如果你是东方人，别人可能会给你一块最好的鸭肉，上面有完美的鸭脂和酥脆的鸭皮。在中国文化中，给别人更好的食物是非常有礼貌的行为。我觉得在吃火锅的时候更常见。为了确保食物不会煮得过火，你要在合适的时间把它拿出来，这样就更容易夹给别人吃了，你也不会把所有的食物都煮卷起来了。 The easiest thing to do to stop it is just saying no thanks/no thank you.In Chinese: bu 不 (pronounced boo - like a ghost) means no and xie xie 谢谢 (pronounced shye shye - or she-ye she-ye) means thank you. You should also wave your non-chopstick hand, waving it left to right as if you are washing a stain of an invisible glass window in front of you. This would also be a sign for no thanks. 要阻止这种行为，最简单的方法就是说“不谢谢”。在汉语中：不(发音像boo一样)，是No的意思，谢谢(发音为Shye Shye-或者She-ye She-ye)的意思是Thanks。所以在中文里，你可以这么说。你还应该挥动你那只不用筷子的手，从左向右挥舞，就像你在洗面前一扇看不见的玻璃窗上的污渍一样。这也是一个表示婉拒的信号。 |
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