但福利嘛 又不能当饭吃
“Still, you can't treat perks like they're your daily bread.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
据我所知 不也是从天火到的腾达嘛 腾达福利好
“as far as I'm concerned, weren't you at Sky Fire before joining Tengda? Tengha has great benefits.”
但 福利 嘛 又 不能当饭吃
“Still, you can't treat perks like they're your daily bread.”
我们还真能当饭吃 我们老板开家私房菜 服务员工
“Well, we can. Our boss runs a private kitchen just for employees.”
“Fluffy corporate perks are nice, but cash is what actually pays the bills.”
Modern Chinese workers frequently contrast flashy corporate cultural perks with concrete financial compensation (base salary).
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
cannot put food on the table; useless for practical survival
A ubiquitous idiom used to dismiss intangible or ornamental benefits that don't pay bills.
fringe benefits; employee perks
Standard term referring to workplace perks beyond base salary, like snacks, health cover, or events.
Highlights a topic as an obvious or accepted reality that everyone should acknowledge.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“just because he thinks our family offers better benefits.”
“I'll only support him in his old age based on the standard of a nursing home.”
“With a perk this good, it'd be a shame to waste it.”
“Didn't you say you want to improve benefits?”
“Collecting subsidies, collecting benefits,”
“The newspaper's perk for all of us. Everyone gets one.”