你们那儿啊 连工资都发不出来
“Your place can’t even pay salaries.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“I found you a new job. I'm not going to your place.”
你们那儿啊 连工资都发不出来
“Your place can’t even pay salaries.”
姐 我还上过初中呢 我行吗 你也不行
“Ju, I even went to middle school. Can I do it? You can't.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In grassroots Chinese economic life, regular wage payout is the baseline criterion for any acceptable job, making wage arrears an instant dealbreaker.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
unable to disburse / fail to pay out
A potential complement construction often paired with salary (工资) to describe financial distress or insolvency.
even... (cannot even...)
A common correlative structure used to emphasize an extreme case, in this case highlighting baseline incompetence.
Pauses the topic phrase to draw attention to the subject before delivering a critical assessment.
