就算一个月只有三桌 挣得也不比厂里少
“With just three bookings a month, I'll make as much as I do at the factory.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
就算 一个月 只有三桌 挣得 也不比 厂里少
“With just three bookings a month, I'll make as much as I do at the factory.”
要是之后大家吃得好 我说不准还能进国营饭店呢
“If people like the food, I might even get into a state-owned restaurant.”
“Don't worry, doing private gigs is not a bad idea financially—it's at least as good as sticking to my dead-end factory job.”
In 1980s-90s China, leaving a state factory to do freelance cooking reflected a major cultural shift from relying on the socialist 'iron rice bowl' to embracing market self-reliance.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
even if / even granted that
Used to introduce a hypothetical worst-case scenario before showing that the outcome is still acceptable.
no less than / on par with
A common comparative structure used to assert financial equivalence or reassurance.
