我买干什么 这不浪费钱吗 你怎么想不开呢
“What would you buy me that for? Isn't that a waste of money? Why are you being so stubborn?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
出去老有面子
“You'll look so respectable when you go out.”
我买 干什么 这不 浪费钱 吗 你 怎么想 不开呢
“What would you buy me that for? Isn't that a waste of money? Why are you being so stubborn?”
几点了 现在
“What time is it now?”
“Don't waste money just to show off; that is completely foolish.”
In Chinese family dynamics, there is often tension between spending money to gain social prestige ('mianzi') and traditional values of practical thrift.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
why; for what reason
Used in colloquial speech to challenge the necessity or purpose of an action.
a waste of money
A common phrase used to describe frivolous or unnecessary expenditures.
to take things too hard; to act foolishly or make an irrational decision
Often used colloquially to tease or criticize someone for making an illogical or self-defeating choice.
Forms a rhetorical question that strongly implies an obvious affirmative answer.
Softens the rhetorical question while expressing bafflement or mild reproach.
