别为这点小钱给迷了眼
“Don't let a little money blind you.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Meng, you've got to hold on, stay and keep me company.”
别为 这点小钱 给 迷了眼
“Don't let a little money blind you.”
让孟大爷好好欣赏一下 西洋交响乐
“Let Mr. Meng enjoy this Western symphony!”
“Don't sell out for pennies when we have bigger stakes together.”
In Chinese social ethics, prioritizing small financial benefits over enduring mutual bonds or moral codes is viewed as dishonorable and dangerous.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to be blinded or dazzled (by greed/temptation)
A figurative spoken idiom used when someone loses good judgment due to money, beauty, or superficial status.
this trivial sum of money; mere pennies
A dismissive phrase used to downplay monetary gain to dissuade someone from making a short-sighted compromise.
Indicates the realized state of becoming blinded or deluded by money.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Always obsessed with money.”
“How could I ruin my career”
“seen through me at a single glance.”
“I don't care about a small fortune.”
“Why should I cause trouble for myself over that little bit of money?”
“We didn't spend a single cent of that money.”