那这钱不是白花吗
“Wouldn't that money be wasted?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
这就是花多少钱 她也不一定能治好了
“And she might not get cured no matter what.”
那这钱 不是 白花 吗
“Wouldn't that money be wasted?”
就我妈这点工资这点积蓄
“With her meager salary and savings,”
“We are throwing our hard-earned savings down the drain for nothing.”
Chinese families often experience acute moral and pragmatic dilemmas when balancing traditional filial duty to treat an ailing parent against the risk of depleting modest household life savings.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to spend in vain / to waste money
Common everyday phrase meaning that financial spending yielded zero return or benefit.
isn't it ...? / doesn't that mean ...?
Rhetorical structure used to assert an obvious reality or point out an irrational contradiction.
Marks a rhetorical question that expects strong agreement rather than an actual answer.
