那你不还得养着他们吗
“But you still need to pay their salaries.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Do you think everyone can attract members just like me?”
那你 不还得 养着他们吗
“But you still need to pay their salaries.”
“Tell me. Who will be the one taking all these responsibilities?”
“Hiring unproductive workers is pointless because you'll just end up footing the bill for them.”
In Chinese business vernacular, 'yang' (literally to feed/raise) carries strong familial undertones when applied to employers supporting employees, emphasizing payroll as an existential responsibility and burden.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
won't you still have to...
A rhetorical structure used to highlight an inevitable, undesirable outcome or cost.
financially support them / carry them on payroll
Often carries a slightly cynical connotation implying sustaining dependents or unproductive workers.
Turns the statement into a rhetorical question to challenge the listener's premise.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“can you really provide for them?”
“Then, I'm giving up as well. I can't support you at all.”
“He didn't bring you up and you don't have to provide for him when he gets old.”
“Otherwise, how will you afford to keep me?”
“It'd be even harder to feed you.”
“Are you planning to provide for her for life?”