他昨天赢了一笔钱 让我们去收
“that he won a lot yesterday and sent us to collect.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
到现在一分钱都没还过 耗子跟我们说
“He hasn't paid back a single cent since. Haozi told us”
他昨天 赢了一笔钱 让我们去收
“that he won a lot yesterday and sent us to collect.”
“Getting that would clear his debt.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese colloquial contexts, collecting informal or gambling debts often involves third-party intermediaries and street jargon like '收' (collect) and '清账' (clear debts).
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
won a sum of money
Use to describe winning money through gambling, contests, or luck.
told/asked us to go collect it
A common structure where a third party assigns a task to the speakers.