我连一百万都凑不齐
“I can't even scrape together 1 million.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
但我 我没有
“But I just don't have it.”
我 连 一百万 都 凑不齐
“I can't even scrape together 1 million.”
鸣儿
“Ming,”
“I am completely broke and have nowhere left to borrow from, so please stop asking.”
In Chinese society, sudden demands for substantial sums of money often test the absolute limits of familial networks and mutual financial assistance.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
even ... cannot / does not ...
An emphatic grammatical structure used to highlight an extreme case to prove a broader point.
unable to scrape together / pool the full amount
A potential complement construction commonly used when referring to collecting money or gathering people.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“We can't get that much money overnight.”
“Even George couldn't come up with a full 1 million at once.”
“I'm afraid I can't scrape that together right now.”