花重金才在黑市搞到两颗
“and spent a fortune on the black market, only to get two pieces.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
人参子乃是皇家御用 民间本就稀少 我想尽办法
“Those are exclusively for the royal family and hard to obtain for commoners. I tried everything”
花重金 才在 黑市 搞到 两颗
“and spent a fortune on the black market, only to get two pieces.”
好在这药方确实管用 我儿服下之后 便不哭不闹
“Fortunately, the prescription worked. My son took the medicine and slept soundly”
“Look how much danger and expense I went through just to save my child.”
Certain rare medicinal ingredients were reserved exclusively for the imperial household; obtaining them outside required dangerous illicit trade, underscoring desperation.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
spend a fortune; pay a heavy price
Used to describe spending a huge sum of money, often under desperate circumstances.
manage to get; obtain through special effort
Informal and versatile spoken verb meaning to procure or lay hands on something difficult to find.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“will be rewarded with a thousand taels of gold.”
“that you buried that gold yourself.”
“I thought I could find a bigger sponsor,”
“All the valuables with us were seized.”
“But we're paying real money for tens of thousands worth of goods,”
“that there was gold here? You're still so full of schemes. No.”