公中盈余本就不多
“The common fund had little surplus to begin with.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
母亲
“Mother.”
公中盈余 本就不多
“The common fund had little surplus to begin with.”
“Our social expenses this year have increased.”
“Do not expect me to provide extra money from the family pool.”
In traditional extended Chinese households, the head matriarch or manager controlled the communal funds for all branches, making its budget a primary site of domestic politics.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
communal family funds or property
A classical term used in historical dramas to refer to the central pool of shared finances in a large multigenerational household.
was not much to begin with
Use this collocation when explaining that resources were already insufficient before additional burdens arose.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“profits and losses are normal.”
“Not enough? This is a huge dividend.”
“So the dividends have always been generous and never lacking.”
“As long as it's not a loss, then it is considered okay.”
“Everything has its time.”
“My dividend is just this?”