对 她也没那么抠门
“Yeah. She's not stingy.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“she would chip in and buy us instant noodles.”
对 她也 没那么 抠门
“Yeah. She's not stingy.”
- 说是攒钱是为了去北京 - 去北京？
“She said she was saving up to go to Beijing. Beijing?”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
stingy / cheap / tightfisted
An extremely common colloquial term describing someone unwilling to spend money.
not that... / not so...
Used to soften a negative trait or refute an exaggerated claim about someone.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Since she's been so generous, I can't be petty.”
“You haven't handled the whole thing properly.”
“But it's not quite decent.”
“She even pinched the pocket money I gave her.”
“Whether she's rich or not is her business.”
“she won't get a single copper from me.”