三顿改两顿 伙食费吃不到月底了嘛那是
“Only two meals? The food budget won't last the month?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“I always have to play the bad guy.”
三顿改两顿 伙食费 吃不到月底 了嘛 那是
“Only two meals? The food budget won't last the month?”
一顿饭才好呢
“One meal is even better.”
“I had no choice but to cut down our meals; we'd run out of food money before the end of the month otherwise!”
Refers to dedicated funds used for daily meals. In a family or communal living context, the person managing the meal money often faces the awkward dilemma of offending others when pinching pennies or cutting meal rations.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
reducing three meals a day to two; cutting food consumption due to a tight budget
Colloquially used to describe tightening one's belt or economizing on living expenses.
food supplies or the meal budget will not last until the end of the month
Verb + 'bu dao' + point in time, indicating that a certain resource cannot sustain until a specific deadline.
Highlights an obvious fact or reason, conveying an explanatory or defensive tone that seeks the listener's understanding.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“With this tiny food budget, we have to last the month.”
“I can't even afford one on my daily meal budget.”
“For food costs, we'll share meals.”
“So does that mean I won't have to pay for meals anymore?”
“She eats enough for 3 meals in one sitting,”
“We will have a fancy dinner.”