"不要吃不健康的东西。"
Translation:Don't eat unhealthy food.
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Shouldn't "Don't eat something unhealthy" be considered as a correct answer as well?
Both unhealthy food and unhealthy foods should work. There is nothing specifying that it cant be plural.
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The phrase doesn't translate to "food" though. "Dongxi" is "thing." I just watched a Shirokuma Cafe (a Japanese anime) episode where Panda ate a kebab stick (along with the kebab). This sentence would be most appropriate in that context.
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2020.8.6
Although 东西 doesn't literally translate to food, it is very common to hear such phrases like
我吃很多东西了。
你们吃了什么东西？
她试试许多好吃的东西了吗？
等等...
But that's no different in English. "Don't eat unhealthy things". "Don't eat unhealthy stuff". So the English translation could match the Chinese here, but doesn't.
Actually, the stick was probably made of bamboo and bamboo is part of a healthy diet for pandas. I am joking, as was the episode in question.
I think the sentence could be interpreted as an oral form for "I don't want to etc.", am I wrong?
The adjective has more than one syllable and it modifies the noun. Read here for more information https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Structural_particle_%22de%22
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Not really bevause it wouldnt make sense in english. It would have to be "dont eat unhealthy food" or "dont eat unheathily", but since this example has 东西 i guess the second wouldn't be accepted.
"Don't eat things that aren't healthy" was rejected. I reported it as a translation that should be accepted.
"不健康" - Unhealthy should also be considered a new word.
Prior to this sentence I had only been shown "健康" for Healthy.
I know it's obvious what it means but having it learned before being used in a sentence would be nice.
If Duolingo wants correct English, then please accept, in this case, 'unhealthful'. No one in the world will have trouble understanding this sentence if this word is also included for the English translation. This is why we learn languages, the bonus of better understanding our native tongues while gaining the other.
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2021.06.25
「不要」functions as an informal 「别」here, "Don't..."
"别"吃不健康的东西。has the same meaning
You can soften it with 请不要·····