我连一辈子的棺材本都搭出去了
“I spent my whole life savings.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
为了戏
“and the opera,”
我连 一辈子 的 棺材本 都搭 出去 了
“I spent my whole life savings.”
你拿角色给我做人情 你给我卖戏 我让你给我记住
“And you hand out roles as favors? Trading roles for favors, huh? You'd better remember this.”
“I put my entire life savings and future on the line for this, so you had no right to betray me.”
In traditional Chinese culture, older adults prioritize saving enough funds for a decent funeral and burial; staking this money implies an absolute all-in gamble.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
burial fund; life savings reserved for extreme old age
A vivid figurative term for an elderly or veteran person's absolute final financial reserve that must never be touched.
to throw in or sacrifice (capital/assets) helplessly
Used colloquially to describe sinking money or resources into a high-risk venture without guaranteed return.
Signifies completed action and emphasizes the extreme, irrevocable state of the financial sacrifice.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“just let me take this to my grave.”
“you won't even get a cenotaph.”
“Put me in a box and ship me home.”
“I can never get away from him.”
“Too bad he didn't rest in a coffin.”
“and live out the rest of it in misery.”