你方才说什么五百金来着
“What did you say about 500 gold?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
等等
“Wait.”
你方才 说什么 五百金 来着
“What did you say about 500 gold?”
问你们一个问题
“Let me ask you a question.”
“Wait, did you really say five hundred gold? I care about the money, tell me more.”
Terms like '五百金' are standard tropes in historical dramas denoting an enormous sum of wealth offered as a bounty or reward.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
just now; a moment ago
A slightly formal or historical equivalent of '刚才'.
used at the end of a sentence to recall past information ('what was it again?')
Essential spoken marker placed at clause-end when trying to recall something recently mentioned.
Indicates recollection, prompting the listener to repeat or confirm something previously stated.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I'll offer 5,000 pieces of gold. - 5,000 pieces? - 5,000?”
“Hand over that 500. 500?”
“Gao Ran, that's 500 taels of gold.”
“he even asked me for 500 yuan.”
“Where did you get so much money?”
“I'll give you 5,000 yuan,”