本来就是 出账多 入账少
“there have always been more expenses than income.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
这一大家子
“For this large family,”
本来就是 出账多 入账少
“there have always been more expenses than income.”
“Is Lian's dowry list ready?”
“Don't expect an extravagant dowry; we simply cannot afford to spend freely right now.”
In traditional large extended families, the household matriarch had to balance tight budgets against social pressures for grand displays like dowries.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
is inherently; has always been the case
Used to assert an objective truth or remind the listener of an established reality.
expenses exceed revenues; spending more than taking in
A concise balance-sheet idiom used to describe operating in a financial deficit.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“How can you not figure out a simple calculation like that?”
“I can't make heads or tails of the accounts? It's fine. If you can balance it, balance it. If you cannot, then do not.”
“Our accounts are pretty clear now.”
“your math is oversimplified.”
“He's sharp with the books. Never slips up.”
“The accounts are complex. Can you make sense of them?”