小本生意 薄利多销 挺好的
“Small businesses thrive on low margins and high turnover. That's not bad.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
就是价上不去 保个本呗
“I just can't raise the price. Just breaking even.”
小本生意 薄利多销 挺好的
“Small businesses thrive on low margins and high turnover. That's not bad.”
小燕没帮你啊
“Isn't Yan helping you?”
“Don't feel bad about just breaking even; steady small profits are still a respectable living.”
In Chinese culture, offering encouraging phrases like 'small profits with quick turnover' helps peers save face and find emotional comfort when dealing with modest financial success.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
small-scale business or modest enterprise
Commonly used to describe neighborhood shops or self-run ventures with minimal capital investment.
small profits but quick turnover
A classic commercial idiom used when selling high volumes at a low price margin.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“I'm only running a small business here.”
“How can small businesses like ours keep running?”
“- Workaholic lives. - Here, I got it.”
“I can't afford to hire you.”