但要按你这样 估计等不到粮票消失 就会露馅儿
“But if things go on, you'll be found out long before then.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“The current way of life will undergo drastic changes.”
但要按你 这样 估计 等不到 粮票消失 就会 露馅儿
“But if things go on, you'll be found out long before then.”
到时候怎么办
“What will you do?”
“Your method is completely unsustainable and we are going to get caught way before then.”
Food coupons (粮票) were an indispensable currency of rationing in China from the 1950s to the early 1990s, often serving as a historical marker for systemic socioeconomic shifts.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
if we do it your way; by doing it like you do
A conversational formula used to hypothesize the inevitable negative consequences of someone's approach.
to leak the secret; to let the cat out of the bag; to be exposed
A highly colloquial Northern Chinese idiom describing a flaw, pretense, or hidden deception coming to light.
Functions as retroflex suffixation (erhua) typical of Beijing and northern spoken dialects, giving the verb 露馅 a vivid colloquial texture.
