Chat attack

over packaging

过度包装

(ɡuòdù bāozhuānɡ) 

A: Did you eat any mooncakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival?

你中秋节吃月饼了吗？

(nǐ zhōnɡqiūjié chī yuèbǐnɡ le ma?) 

B: Of course. My family and friends gave me a lot of mooncakes as Mid-Autumn Festival gifts.

那当然,我的家人和朋友给我送来好多月饼当做中秋礼物。

(nàdānɡrán, wǒ de jiārén hé pénɡyǒu ɡěiwǒ sònɡlái hǎoduō yuèbǐnɡ dānɡzuò zhōnɡqiū lǐwù.)

A: I saw all these fancy packages. Don't you think that the over packaging of mooncake gift boxes is a common problem?

我看到那些包装盒了,你不觉得现在的月饼礼盒过度包装问题很普遍吗？

(wǒ kàndào nàxiē bāozhuānɡhé le, nǐ bùjuédé xiànzài de yuèbǐnɡ lǐhé ɡuòdù bāozhuānɡ wèntí hěn pǔbiàn ma?)

B: Yeah. Some mooncake gift boxes look very pretty, but after you open them there are only two mooncakes inside. 

是的,有些月饼礼盒看起来特别漂亮,打开之后里面只有两块月饼。

(shìde, yǒuxiē yuèbǐnɡ lǐhé kànqǐlái tèbié piàoliànɡ, dǎkāi zhīhòu lǐmiàn zhǐyǒu liǎnɡkuài yuèbǐnɡ.)

A: But I only care about the taste of the mooncake.

但是我只在乎月饼的味道如何。

(dànshì wǒ zhǐ zàihū yuèbǐnɡ de wèidào rúhé.)

Illustration: Xia Qing/GT