这一千块钱能不能打得住
“if a thousand will cover it.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
现在也不知道
“Now I don't even know”
这一千块钱 能不能打得住
“if a thousand will cover it.”
这个月的伙食还不知道怎么办
“I don't even know how I'll manage food this month.”
“I'm really worried this small amount of money won't be enough to get us through.”
Everyday conversations in urban China often center around micro-budgeting for groceries and daily living expenses, reflecting pragmatic economic caution.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to be enough / to cover the cost / to hold the line
A Northern colloquial expression typically used in financial or quantity contexts to ask if an expense can be capped within a certain limit.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“tens of thousands of yuan. Why do you need that money?”
“If they aren't willing to pay even this 1,000 yuan, how can we expect them to fork out”
“But earning 300 yuan should be easy-peasy.”
“1000 stays. That won't do.”
“But I heard it's over ten million? Without funds...”
“Surely she can come up with this little bit of money.”