我想下海赚点钱
“I want to start a business, earn money, and improve my family's life.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
什么情况
“What's going on?”
我想下海赚点钱
“I want to start a business, earn money, and improve my family's life.”
给家里一个好的生活
“I want to start a business, earn money, and improve my family's life.”
“I want to take the plunge into business so that I can provide a better life for our family.”
Originating during China's reform and opening-up era in the 1980s and 1990s, this phenomenon refers to public-sector personnel (such as civil servants, teachers, and state-owned enterprise workers) giving up their secure 'iron rice bowl' to venture into private enterprise or entrepreneurship.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to leave a secure or public-sector job to go into private business or entrepreneurship
Frequently used to describe transitioning from a stable, protected public-sector post into the commercial sector, which carries higher risks but potentially greater financial rewards.
to make a bit of money; to earn an income
A common colloquial chunk where 'dian' adds an understated, modest, or tactful pragmatic tone.
