一语惊醒梦中人(yī yǔ jīngxǐng mèng zhōng rén)a wake-up call

Explanation

“一语惊醒梦中人” 指的是一句话把仿佛在睡梦中的人惊醒,不再糊涂下去，比喻建议和提醒非常有效。
“一语惊醒梦中人” means to wake someone who is sleeping, snapping them out of a dazed state. It is a metaphor for making a helpful and effective suggestion.

Words:

电影diànyǐnɡ:movie;
浪费lànɡfèi:waste;
地铁dìtiě:subway.

Sentences

1. Jiǎ：Jìrán nǐ méi shíjiān kàn zhè gè diànyǐng ，wèishénme bù bǎ diànyǐngpiào sòng gěi biérén ne？
甲：既然你没时间看这个电影，为什么不把电影票送给别人呢？
A: As you don’t have time to see the movie, why don’t you give your ticket to someone else?

Yǐ：Nǐ zhēn shì yī yǔ jīngxǐng mèng zhōng rén a，yào bùrán diànyǐngpiào jiù làngfèi le.
乙：你真是一语惊醒梦中人啊，要不然电影票就浪费了。
B: What a wake-up call. Otherwise, the ticket would have been wasted.

2. Jiǎ：Jī tiān zǎoshàng lùshàng hěn dǔ.
甲：今天早上路上很堵。
A: There was a traffic jam this morning.

Yǐ：Nǐ wèishénme bù gǎi zuò dìtiě ne?
乙：你为什么不改坐地铁呢？
B: Why didn’t you take the subway?

Jiǎ：Yī yǔ jīngxǐng mèng zhōng rén ，wǒ zěnme méi xiǎngdào ne?
甲：一语惊醒梦中人，我怎么没想到呢？
A: That’s a good wake-up call. Why didn’t I think of that?

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