才攒了那么一点钱 你这 这有啥的这些钱
“just to save that little money. - You... - That's not a big deal.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你在北大荒这些年 你吃了多少苦 挨了多少饿
“You endured so much hardship and hunger all those years in Great Northern Wilderness”
才 攒了 那么一点钱 你这 这有啥 的这些钱
“just to save that little money. - You... - That's not a big deal.”
本来也是给咱俩结婚攒的
“I saved it for our wedding anyway.”
“You suffered so much just to save this little bit; it breaks my heart to take it.”
References to hardships in the Great Northern Wilderness reflect the immense physical and economic struggles experienced by educated youth sent down to the countryside.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
only managed to save
Combines the adverb of limitation to highlight that the result is meager relative to the effort.
what does it even amount to / it's nothing
A colloquial northern Chinese rhetorical expression used to downplay significance or value.
Marks the completion of accumulating the savings up to the present moment.
Asserts the subjective certainty and emphasizes the triviality of the money.
