我能收她钱吗 她是凌霄的妹妹
“I can’t do that. She’s Ling Xiao's sister,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“in your place. You can charge her on whatever she eats or drinks.”
我能收她钱吗 她是凌霄的妹妹
“I can’t do that. She’s Ling Xiao's sister,”
也算是我半个妹妹吧
“so she's kind of my sister too.”
“It would be completely inappropriate and shameless of me to charge her.”
In Chinese society, charging money to someone considered part of your circle of kinship or friendship is seen as stingy, damaging to human sentiment (Renqing), and socially improper.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
charge her money / take her money
A common verbal phrase used when discussing transactions between friends, family, or customers.
Forms a rhetorical question that functions as a strong negative assertion ('Of course I can't').
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“So you can rest assured that Ling Xiao and I will be great together.”
“When Ling Xiao hears anything about his mom, he doesn't even have the appetite to eat,”
“Ling Xiao is in love with someone else.”
“when you have time. He always tells you everything.”
“Ling Xiao, I've heard from your mother that she's too busy”
“Ling Xiao is his family and it's not the same.”