我保证她一个铜子都拿不到
“she won't get a single copper from me.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
她若是敢拿那件事情要挟我
“If she dares to threaten me with that incident,”
我保证 她 一个铜子都拿不到
“she won't get a single copper from me.”
那我呢
“What about me?”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
A 'tongzi' refers to an old copper coin; in modern speech, it survives as a dramatic, emphatic idiom for 'not a cent' or 'not a dime'.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
not a single copper coin; not a single penny
Used before a negative verb to emphatically state that not even the smallest amount of money will be given.
I promise; I guarantee
Commonly placed at the beginning of an assertive statement to reassure the listener.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“She ended up like this because I took her money.”
“And when the time comes, you won't see a penny.”
“You didn't give her any?”
“10 taels of silver isn't enough for you?”
“she probably doesn't even have 100 yuan right now.”
“I would've given her all my money.”