怎么可能租两套
“How could we afford two?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Money was tight, renting one slightly bigger place.”
怎么可能 租两套
“How could we afford two?”
那据你所知
“So, to your knowledge,”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Renting costs in Chinese urban centers are a major life pressure, making the idea of renting multiple properties an obvious absurdity for ordinary working people.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
How is that even possible? / No way
A common rhetorical exclamation used to refute a claim or reject an absurd assumption.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“sharing an apartment is a great choice.”
“Two rooms are enough.”
“you should reconsider my suggestion about sharing the apartment.”
“you'd have enough money to rent a place like mine. Why insist on living with me?”
“You want to rent jointly. Yes.”
“I'm losing the chance to rent this place to others.”