偷偷攒下了一笔钱
“he had secretly saved up some money”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
他说这些年
“he said over these years,”
偷偷 攒下了一笔钱
“he had secretly saved up some money”
过几天会有人帮忙送到家里来
“and someone would deliver it to our home in a few days.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Quietly setting aside private funds away from family knowledge is a traditional practice often intended as an emergency reserve or quiet support for loved ones.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to secretly save up
Useful for describing quietly accumulating money or resources without others knowing.
a sum of money
A standard measure-word collocation used to refer to an unspecified lump sum of money.