这还白搭了几张火车票
“Wasted money on those train tickets.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“We took the train back the very next day.”
这 还 白搭了 几张 火车票
“Wasted money on those train tickets.”
那车票还在吗
“Do you still have your ticket?”
“What a complete waste of time and money; I'm out of pocket for nothing.”
Everyday working-class Chinese conversations often place significant weight on small sunken costs, evaluating experiences through monetary gain or loss.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
wasted in vain; thrown away for nothing
A highly colloquial Northern expression used to express that an expenditure or effort resulted in zero return.
on top of that; furthermore
Used to add an additional aggravating factor or loss onto an already frustrating situation.
Marks the completion of an unfortunate event with irrevocable financial consequences.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“What you've done will be in vain.”
“Then, all these years go to waste.”
“That fight really did the trick.”
“That did nothing at all.”
“and all my previous work would have been for nothing.”
“There has been no profit at all.”