他那闺女帮他还了不少了
“His daughter covered a lot of it already.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
他欠了不少钱
“We heard he had multiple creditors.”
他那闺女 帮他还 了 不少了
“His daughter covered a lot of it already.”
“So you fronted him the cash.”
“He wasn't a total risk because his daughter has proven she covers his debts.”
In Chinese society, children—especially adult daughters or sons—are frequently expected to bear or guarantee their parents' debts, making family members key to a person's informal creditworthiness.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
quite a lot already
Used as an understatement to denote a considerable amount while sounding natural and casual.
helped him
Used to denote intervening on someone else's behalf to relieve burden or obligation.
Functions as a sentence-final particle expressing a currently achieved state that provides justification.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“...you can return my daughter to me.”
“His daughter sent him a few thousand yuan monthly.”
“You must be going to repay his favor.”
“I meant to repay Yuxiu.”
“She's in debt!”
“You've paid him the debt of gratitude now.”