这年年填窟窿
“We cover the deficit every year.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
老二家的
“Second Daughter-in-Law.”
这年年 填窟窿
“We cover the deficit every year.”
“Why does it keep getting bigger?”
“I am sick of constantly paying off debts for people who refuse to manage their own finances.”
In large extended Chinese households (家族), financial interdependence often bred resentment when one branch felt they were perpetually subsidizing another branch's wasteful spending.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to cover a deficit / to pay off a financial shortfall
A vivid colloquial idiom referring to plugging financial holes or repaying bad debts caused by someone else's mismanagement.
year after year / continuously
Used to emphasize repeated, unceasing recurrence of an undesirable situation.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“just to cover this deficit.”
“Why does it keep getting bigger?”
“Relying on fines to plug the hole is not enough anymore.”
“you must help me fill the financial hole.”
“Full of holes. Professionals?”
“It's just that this hole is simply too big.”