你用那么多钱做什么
“What do you need so much money for?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
不能随便花钱
“I cannot spend money recklessly.”
你用 那么多 钱 做什么
“What do you need so much money for?”
我给你算算啊 我们家屋子漏雨 我得修修吧
“Let me list them for you. Our roof is leaking, so I have to fix it.”
“Why do you need that much cash? Justify it before I let you have it.”
Prudence and thrift are core virtues in traditional Chinese households; large expenditures naturally trigger detailed questions from family members.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
for what / why
Frequently used colloquially at the end of a question instead of '为什么' to ask about purpose or utility.
so much money
Used to emphasize an unexpectedly large sum of money.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Why suddenly ask for so much money?”
“what she was going to do with so much money?”
“what are you trying to do with all this money?”
“What good is that money to her now?”