那是我们在台风天 拿命给拼来的
“We risked our lives during the typhoons to earn it.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
这价格又不是白来的
“We set the price at a cost.”
那是 我们在台风天 拿命给拼来的
“We risked our lives during the typhoons to earn it.”
我们挽救了他们 多少损失啊
“Think how much loss we saved them from!”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Literally 'risking one's life,' this cultural concept conveys fighting with total disregard for personal safety to achieve an outcome, carrying enormous moral authority when claiming compensation.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
earned by risking one's life / fighting at the cost of one's life
A powerful colloquial expression used to emphasize that something was gained through extreme physical sacrifice and peril.
typhoon weather
Commonly used in coastal southern China to denote severe storm conditions.