那个破盘子才两千万
“That lousy plate is only 20 million.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
四千三百八十万
“43.8 million.”
那个 破盘子才两千万
“That lousy plate is only 20 million.”
里外里差了
“That's a difference of”
“Don't act like that junk covers the gap; the numbers are completely off.”
Prefacing objects with '破' is a frequent colloquial strategy in spoken Chinese to belittle an object's perceived worth or significance during a negotiation or dispute.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
worthless plate; piece of junk plate
Use '破' before a noun colloquially to express disdain, frustration, or trivialization toward the object.
only; merely
Placed before an amount to emphasize that the quantity is small, inadequate, or insignificant.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“worth over 5 million.”
“buys it for 200 million.”
“and I didn't lose a single cent.”
“I heard it's over ten million. Over ten million?”
“Ten yuan per tape is within my budget. Ten yuan. I'll pay you later.”
“It was nearly 20,000. It was less than 20,000.”